Stories
Find out how the CLF is engaged in positive food systems change.
Food System Change in Baltimore
Peces y Plantas—Juntos Felices
Fish excrete ammonia; bacteria convert the ammonia into nitrites; different bacteria convert nitrites into nitrates; the plants consume the nitrates.
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance, Seafood & the Food System
FDA Feeling the Heat on Genetically Engineered Salmon
Opposition is building rapidly to a pending approval of the first genetically-engineered animal in the US food supply.
Food Policy & Governance, Seafood & the Food System
FDA Feeling the Heat on Genetically Engineered Salmon
Jillian Fry spelled out the reasons that the Center opposes the process for considering GE salmon.
Food Systems & Climate Change, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Energy and Soil: Q&A with Francis Thicke
How can farms become more resilient? Self-sufficient? Energy-efficient?
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance
FDA Can’t Keep a Secret—Agency Accidently Reveals Arsenical Drug Sales
The use of arsenicals in poultry and pork production is one of the more disturbing practices of the food animal industry.
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
New Survey Shows Meatless Monday Makes Room for More Veggies
The survey found that 59 percent of respondents have cut back on their meat intake in the past year.
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance
Multi-Drug Resistant Infections at the NIH Hospital—Is This the Future?
As antibiotic resistance emerges as a full-blown public health crisis, this outbreak was a sign of times.
Food Equity
“Project Corner Store:” Youth Make Muscle Broccoli
Working with students from MICA, the Club’s youth researched healthy foods, learned about food deserts and visited nearby corner stores and markets.
Food Equity, Food Policy & Governance
Policy expert Mark Winne has watched food movement grow up
There has been an explosive growth in food policy councils in the US.
Food Systems & Climate Change, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Book aims to fast-track transition to sustainable world
Our CLF contribution was in the area of sustainable agriculture