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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.

 

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Remembering Fred Kirschenmann, 1935–2025

The Center will greatly miss the wisdom and inspiration provided by friend and ally Fred Kirschenmann.

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Saluting Rick Dove, 1939–2025

The Center will greatly miss friend and ally Rick Dove of New Bern, North Carolina. 

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Food Animal Production

Jessica Culpepper: The Problem of Agricultural Exceptionalism

Legal systems alone cannot reform food systems. 

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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.

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The Dietary Guidelines Meets MAHA: What to Watch For

The 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans should prioritize plant-based proteins and emphasize whole grains.

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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?

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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.

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Food Animal Production

Sorry, but we need a transformation of agriculture

CLF researchers push back on a guest essay by Michael Grunwald.

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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.

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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.

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