Stories
Find out how the CLF is engaged in positive food systems change.
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
Food Policy & Governance
Feeding the World, or What We Talk About When We Talk About Rio+20
A transition to lower-meat diets would free up a lot of cropland for fruits, vegetables, and grains, which will be the key to feeding 9 billion on a crowded planet.
Seafood & the Food System
Grocery Store Shrimp Contains Drug Resistant Bacteria
Imported shrimp are the most common seafood product to contain antibiotic residues, and testing of imported seafood is inadequate.
Food Policy & Governance, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Senators, let’s tie “soil insurance” to crop insurance
The current version of the bill has an important gap in conservation requirements.
Food Equity, Food Policy & Governance, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Food Deserts Are Complex and Real
Working with the Baltimore Food Policy Initiative, my colleagues and I have re-defined what constitutes a food desert in Baltimore.
Food Equity
A Winona LaDuke Reader
An environmentalist, farmer, activist, writer, and advocate for native communities, LaDuke is a force to be reckoned with.
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance
FDA Enters Withdrawal: Agency Must Pursue Limits on Penicillins and Tetracyclines
The court did not require FDA to withdraw approvals, only to complete the process by which withdrawals are made.
Food Equity, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Will Allen: Gentleman farmer, grand thinker
Allen is not just growing food, he is helping to grow community.
Food Animal Production
The Science Is Clear: Antibiotic Resistance and Food Animal Production
“To tell you the truth,” said Rep. Louise Slaughter (D–NY), “I’m pretty angry about this whole subject."
Food Equity, Food Systems & Climate Change, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
The Will Allen Index: Growing Power to the People
The son of a sharecropper, Mr. Allen swore as a young man that he’d never return to farming—now he’s the CEO of a Milwaukee-based community food center.