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Find out how the CLF is engaged in positive food systems change.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Food Equity

CLF Brings Public Health Lens to Just Food Forum

Undocumented, immigrant workers and their families are particularly vulnerable due to poor quality housing, frequent migration, lack of access to healthcare, language barriers, and fear of job loss or deportations.

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Food Equity, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries

Eating in Italy: Facts and Fiction

Tthe reality of food production is often quite far from the images and impressions provided by packaging and marketing.

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Food System Change in Baltimore, Strengthening Food System Resilience

Building Resilient Food Systems: Lessons Learned from Baltimore

Resilience is the ability to withstand, recover from and adapt to a disruptive event.

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Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries

Food and Climate: What Food Policy Councils Can Do

What would it look like if we incorporated food system issues into climate action plans?

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