Stories
Find out how the CLF is engaged in positive food systems change.
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance, Seafood & the Food System
FDA Feeling the Heat on Genetically Engineered Salmon
Opposition is building rapidly to a pending approval of the first genetically-engineered animal in the US food supply.
Food Systems & Climate Change, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Energy and Soil: Q&A with Francis Thicke
How can farms become more resilient? Self-sufficient? Energy-efficient?
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance
FDA Can’t Keep a Secret—Agency Accidently Reveals Arsenical Drug Sales
The use of arsenicals in poultry and pork production is one of the more disturbing practices of the food animal industry.
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
New Survey Shows Meatless Monday Makes Room for More Veggies
The survey found that 59 percent of respondents have cut back on their meat intake in the past year.
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance
Multi-Drug Resistant Infections at the NIH Hospital—Is This the Future?
As antibiotic resistance emerges as a full-blown public health crisis, this outbreak was a sign of times.
Food Equity
“Project Corner Store:” Youth Make Muscle Broccoli
Working with students from MICA, the Club’s youth researched healthy foods, learned about food deserts and visited nearby corner stores and markets.
Food Equity, Food Policy & Governance
Policy expert Mark Winne has watched food movement grow up
There has been an explosive growth in food policy councils in the US.
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.