Viewpoints
Viewpoints features essays and interviews by the Center for a Livable Future’s staff, faculty, fellows and other affiliates. These opinions are opinions—not representations of the Center’s priorities, activities or stances.
Food Animal Production
Jessica Culpepper: The Problem of Agricultural Exceptionalism
Legal systems alone cannot reform food systems.
Food Animal Production
Disquiet in North Dakota Town as Mega-Dairy Tries to Move In
Community members in Abercrombie are fighting to prevent a new mega-dairy with 12,000 cows.
The Dietary Guidelines Meets MAHA: What to Watch For
The 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans should prioritize plant-based proteins and emphasize whole grains.
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance
Deregulating Meatpacking Line Speeds
What are the consequences of allowing swine processing plant owners to increase the line speed for line workers?
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Food Trends for 2025 Focus on Healthful Foods, Viral Trends, and Protein
In 2025, food trends are being driven in part by social media trends, and many Americans plan to start new eating patterns.
Food Animal Production
Sorry, but we need a transformation of agriculture
CLF researchers push back on a guest essay by Michael Grunwald.
Food Animal Production
Maria and Michael Payan Use Scientific Evidence to Fight for Communities
Community activists in Delaware are using science to advocate for environmental justice in poultry country.
Food Animal Production
Statement on the Demise of Chevron Deference
A recent landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court will likely further lighten the industry’s regulatory burden with regard to industrial livestock production.
Remembering Jim Yager, 1943–2024
The CLF will greatly miss Jim Yager, interim director of the Center from 2016–2017.
Food Policy & Governance, Food Animal Production
Adam Sheingate: How Transparency Can Transform Food Systems
Professor Adam Sheingate believes that increased transparency in the food system is a tool we can use to make meaningful changes.