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Find out how the CLF is engaged in positive food systems change.
Food Animal Production
“Animal Factory” Book Tour Stops at JHSPH
Author David Kirby visisted CLF to discuss his latest book.
Food Animal Production
CLF provides House testimony on Maryland Bill 953 to ban arsenic from poultry feed
Roxarsone is transformed into inorganic arsenic, a carcinogen.
Food Animal Production
What is a family farm?
A Congressional staffer took issue with Steve Wing’s statement that many family farms are disappearing.
Food Animal Production
Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals
Foer discusses the link between factory farms and the H1N1 outbreak.
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.