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Find out how the CLF is engaged in positive food systems change.
Protein 101: Dispelling the Myth Surrounding Meatless Meals
It is disappointing to see members of the media spread misinformation due to their own ignorance, gullibility, or, worse, disinterest in
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Public Health & Industrial Farm Animal Production: Setting the Record Straight
The Commission concluded that the scientific evidence was too strong and the public health risk too great to ignore and offered a series of consensus recommendations on how to repair our unsafe food animal production system.
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
How Much Does U.S. Livestock Production Contribute to Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
The vast majority of the grains we grow in the U.S. go to feed livestock.
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Meatless Monday Serves as Model for New Health Behavior Change Campaigns
The Meatless Monday campaign, which CLF endorsed seven years ago, encourages Americans to take control of their health by refraining from eating meat products one day a week.
Food Animal Production
“Farmacology” is Cover Story in Hopkins Magazine
Associate editor Dale Keiger explores the links between industrial farming and antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Pollan Tells Oprah Viewers Why He Goes Meatless on Monday
During a Skype interview, Michael Pollan suggested to Oprah that one great way to cut your carbon footprint is to eat less meat.
Food Policy & Governance
Vilsack Visits the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Meeting
Our nation’s health, specifically the nutrition of our children, was a major point in Vilsack’s presentation.
Food Animal Production, Food Systems & Climate Change, Food Policy & Governance
CTY's Food Matters magazine
Roni Neff discusses the industrialization of US agriculture and its impact on policy, public health, and climate change.
Food Animal Production, Food Systems & Climate Change
Student Letters/Op-Eds Hit Major US Daily Newspapers
Three students in the “Food Production, Public Health and the Environment” course had their work published in major newspapers.
Food Systems & Climate Change, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Obama Victory Garden Contest
Americans are asking the Obamas to lead by example by replanting an organic food garden at the White House.