Stories
Find out how the CLF is engaged in positive food systems 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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance
Maryland Antibiotics Legislation May Have Little Impact
The proposed 2017 legislation does not ensure that any animals will be raised free from antibiotics.
Food Equity, Food Policy & Governance
Inviting Arts and Creativity into Food Policy Councils
We need to invite more creativity into our work lives, into our food councils, into our conversations with stakeholders.
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Maryland Legislators Dodge Questions about Poultry Industry
Monica Brooks is concerned about the growth of operations by companies like Tyson, Mountaire Farms and Perdue in Wicomico County, and their placement atop the Paleochannel, which is Salisbury’s main source of water.
Strengthening Food System Resilience, Food Equity, Food Systems & Climate Change
Wendell Berry Wants Us to Get Small and Stay In
“If you’re a married man, art doesn’t come before anything. If you have a child, art doesn’t come before anything. And if you have livestock, art doesn’t come before anything.”