Stories
Find out how the CLF is engaged in positive food systems change.
Food System Change in Baltimore, Food Systems & Urbanization
Enlightenment at the Food System Lab
“Before I started at the Center for a Livable Future,” says Kenai McFadden, “I didn’t even know what a food system is.”
Food Equity, Food System Change in Baltimore
FoodSpan in the Classroom: Teaching the Hunger Gap at Patterson High School
Teachers engaged nursing and pharmacy tech students in discussions about people who are most likely to experience food insecurity.
Reducing Food Waste, Strengthening Food System Resilience
Food Lost on the Farm: Empirical Data and Good Ideas
Compensation for farmers is essential to reducing on-farm losses.
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance
Is Iowa Gaining Traction against the Hog Industry?
People working to push back on Iowa’s hog confinement industry have finally found a few notes that resonate on a large scale.
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance
Air Monitoring Legislation May Be Path Forward for Health on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Are residents' health problems caused by pollutants blown from chicken houses through exhaust fans?
Food Equity, Food Policy & Governance
Proposed Reforms to SNAP May Threaten Food System Equity and Access
A political clash over millions of Americans’ access to food may be in store for this year.
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
A New Year’s Resolution You Might Actually Keep
The more frequently you make room on your plate for plants, the more benefits accrue to your health and the planet.
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries, Food Systems & Climate Change
COP23 Recognizes – Sort of – Livestock’s Role in Climate Change
This year, there were a few well-attended civil society talks focused on animal consumption and climate change.
Food Animal Production, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Meatless Monday Then and Now
Meatless Monday began in 2003 with former ad man turned health advocate Sid Lerner and CLF founder Bob Lawrence.
Food Equity, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Photovoice as a Tool for Community Engagement
In the Spanish communities of Los Rosales and San Cristobal in Madrid, Photovoice Villaverde worked with Heart Healthy Hoods to bring together 24 residents to take photos of their food environments.