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, Food Policy & Governance, Food Equity
The Path Forward During the Pandemic
Emergency food security funding could lead to more lasting, broad-reaching reform once life returns to normal.
Strengthening Food System Resilience, Food Policy & Governance, Food Equity
Data Collection and Sharing during Pandemic: Opportunities and Evolution
The pandemic has led to innovative methods for collecting and sharing data.
Strengthening Food System Resilience, Food Policy & Governance
What the Coronavirus in China Shows Us About Food System Resilience
Pandemics are not just a public health issue, but a food systems issue – what makes a food system resilient?
Food Animal Production, Food Systems & Climate Change
Dan O’Brien: Bison, Prairies and Climate Change
Bison rancher Dan O’Brien has ideas about how to restore the Great Plains—buffalo.
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Food Trends for 2020 Show a Sustainability Focus
Millennials are changing the way we eat, with plant-based meals and an emphasis on planetary health.
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Q&A with Alessandro Demaio on the True Cost of Food: Climate Change, Hunger and Framing the Problem
Health communicator Alessandro Demaio chats with CLF about climate change, food systems and how to frame the solutions.
Food Systems & Climate Change, Food Animal Production
For Climate Crisis and Malnutrition, Look at Diet Choice in Context
We must not prescribe a “one-size-fits-all,” Western-centric solution to the challenges of diet and climate.
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Q&A with Ferd Hoefner on the True Cost of Food: The Soil Health Revolution Is Here
Ag policy expert Ferd Hoefner shares insight into externalities, how to navigate Capitol Hill, and what “soil health” really means.
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries, Food Animal Production
Getting a Handle on Excessive Consumption with Meatless Monday
We want a healthier planet with healthier people living on it.
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
Climate Action, Food Systems and Undernutrition
The world is beginning to understand that our food systems play a role in climate change—and that by improving our food systems now we might be able to mitigate some of the more devastating shifts in climate yet to come.