Stories
Find out how the CLF is engaged in positive food systems change.
Food Animal Production
China’s Changing Diet: How to Turn the Tide
Implications of the Chinese diet and how Meatless Monday can be a part of the process.
Food Animal Production, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
China’s Changing Diet: Environment and Health Impacts
Local and global implications of the shifts in China—and how China’s health experts are responding.
Food Animal Production, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
China’s Changing Diet: Meat and Dairy on the Rise
Local impacts, global implications, and promising solutions.
Food Systems & Climate Change, Reducing Food Waste
Wasted Food and a New Spin on the 3 Rs
Wasted food experts and advocates are putting a new spin on the three Rs—reduce, recover, recycle.
Food System Change in Baltimore, Food Systems & Urbanization
Within Reason: Getting the Most from Urban Ag
Residents in lower-income communities fear (often rightfully so) that urban gardens will make their neighborhoods more attractive to developers and increase property values—which makes rents and property taxes go up.
Food Equity, Food Animal Production
Ruffled Feathers at Wicomico County Town Hall
The impetus for the town hall was a proposed broiler operation near Salisbury that would include up to 13 broiler houses.
Forced Labor and Worker Rights in Seafood Supply Chains
I was first introduced to labor rights in the food industry after watching the documentary Food Chain$.
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance
Limiting Antibiotics Misuse in Food Animals – Legislation We Need
In Maryland, three bills have been introduced in 2016 in the state legislature to address antibiotic misuse.
Food Policy & Governance
Structuring Your Food Policy Council
Organizational development is a dynamic process—re-evaluate and modify your organization to meet needs.
Strengthening Food System Resilience
Favorite Foods: Reshaping the Resilience Conversation
By asking ourselves what foods we can’t live without, and then imagining a world without them, we can form a more constructive dialogue about both sustainability and resilience.