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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 19h

CLF's Leo Horrigan is featured on the JHU Office of Climate Sustainability blog! His book, "What if Soil Microbes Mattered?: Our Health Depends on Them," discusses how healthy soils contribute to sustainable agriculture. Read more: sustainability.jhu.edu/news/sustain... #SoilHealth

Sustainability Spotlight: What If Soil Microbes Mattered? - JHU Sustainability

What if Soil Microbes Mattered?: Our Health Depends on Them by Leo Horrigan was published in August 2025 by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF). In his…

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The Food & Environment Reporting Network @thefern.org · 21h

What will be the influence of MAHA voters in the midterms? Watch the full interview for this episode here: youtu.be/Boz47sWKLok

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 4d

Exciting news! CLF's Leo Horrigan's book What if Soil Microbes Mattered?: Our Health Depends on Them is featured in @foodtank.bsky.social ’s Fall Reads for Food, Farming, and Our Future List! Discover how soil microbes are crucial to our health. #SoilHealth #FoodTank foodtank.com/news/2025/10...

Your Fall Reading List for a Better Food Future

Covering everything from soil to supper, these 26 inspiring books on food, farming, and climate are must-reads this fall.

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The Food & Environment Reporting Network @thefern.org · 7d

Helena and Theodore team up with veteran food policy journalist Tom Philpott from the Unconfined podcast from the Center for a Livable Future at Johns Hopkins University.

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 7d

New Unconfined Episode! Reporter @hbottemiller.bsky.social & Theodore Ross of @thefern.org, co-hosts of Forked podcast, tease out the contradictions & paradoxes of food policy in the age of Trump & Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clf.jhsph.edu/unconfined-p...
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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 13d

We hosted the @americanhealth.bsky.social Fellows for a special field trip to the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF), where we shared key projects addressing public health in food systems. #BloombergAmericanHealthSummit25

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 19d

As the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement first took shape in late 2024 and early 2025, there was a cautious curiosity and optimism expressed by some in the food systems and public health realms. clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/m... #CLFPolicySpotlight

Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 20d

CLF is delighted to announce the awarding of two pre-doctoral fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year, bringing the number of current CLF-Lerner Fellows to eight: Matthew A. Aubourg, MSPH, a PhD student & Andrew Vargas, BS, a PhD student. clf.jhsph.edu/about-us/new...

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 20d

Roni Neff shed light on #foodwaste and how better food labeling can play a pivotal role in reducing it at @foodtank.bsky.social #NYCClimateWeek! www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxDQS...

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 21d

Check out the latest episode of Unconfined with Leo Horrigan! He discusses his new CLF book focused on the power of soil microbes to #regenerate #healthysoil, capture carbon, and grow nutritious crops. clf.jhsph.edu/soil-microbe...

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 29d

Spanning the nexus of human, environmental, and animal health, this article explores the animal ethics tradeoffs of farming aquatic animals. foodprint.org/blog/why-far... #FarmedSeafood #AnimalEthics #Aquaculture

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 29d

Fred Kirschenmann, 90, died on September 13, 2025. He will undoubtedly be remembered worldwide as a national and international leader in the sustainable agriculture movement.
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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) is saddened by news of the death of our friend and ally, Rick Dove, who died on August 22, 2025, from the effects of a stroke. clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/s...

Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Aug 26

In this episode of Unconfined, Michelle Hughes despairs over federal funding freezes for land-access programs and rebounds with an optimistic vision for the long-term future in which young farmers regenerate not only soil, but the industry as a whole.
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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Aug 25

NEW BOOK! "What If Soil Microbes Mattered? Our Health Depends on Them," written by CLF's food correspondent, Leo Horrigan, advocates for advancing soil-centered farming methods as a way to benefit public health, the environment & rural communities. clf.jhsph.edu/about-us/new...

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Aug 20

As an attorney with decades of experience in the food systems movement, Jessica Culpepper knows that legal advocacy is a powerful tool in food systems reform. But legal strategy alone is not enough. clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/j...

Jessica Culpepper: The Problem of Agricultural Exceptionalism

Legal systems alone cannot reform food systems.

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Aug 14

“What we found in our review of literature was that there’s strong evidence that line speeds are associated with higher worker perceptions of injury risk,” said CLF's Patti Truant Anderson. investigatemidwest.org/2025/08/13/f...

Faster lines, less federal oversight and rising risks at US pork and poultry plants - Investigate Midwest

A pig’s head arrives in front of Christopher Lopez. He knows the drill: cut into the area behind the ears, find two small lymph nodes and incise them three or four times each. Check the nose and mouth...

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Jul 21

12 journalists spent the day learning the ins & outs of sustainable production of two of the region’s most important aquatic foods. The trip was part of the 2nd annual cohort of the CLF's Food Systems & Public Health Fellowship for Journalists. clf.jhsph.edu/stories/jour...

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Jul 16

“There was no transparency about the project in the community,” says Erik Olson. “But my eyes opened up in that first meeting. I didn’t even know about CAFOs before then, and this news was a little bit of a shock not just for myself, but for everybody.” clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/d...

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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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Jul 15

In this episode of Unconfined, author @mikegrunwald.bsky.social & host @tomphilpott.bsky.social grapple with the future of food in a warming world. clf.jhsph.edu/unconfined-p...

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Jul 10

CLF's Keeve Nachman told @publichealthwatch.bsky.social that the evidence of ethylene oxide’s carcinogenicity has only gotten stronger since the EPA assigned its risk value in 2016. Delaying implementation of the HON rule “doesn’t make any sense,” Nachman said. environmentalmag.org/trump-pollut...

Trump Pollution Exemptions Would Shield Lawbreakers, Endanger Millions

This story was published in partnership with Public Health Watch. Late in the Biden administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Jul 2

Empowering nutrition and healthcare professionals to offer guidance from a food systems perspective can lead to more meaningful outcomes and promote solutions that are both effective and widely accepted. -Becky Ramsing #CLFExpert

Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Jul 2

In June, Becky Ramsing had the opportunity to speak at 2 different meetings: The Physicians Association for Nutrition (PAN) International Symposium on Nutrition, Health &Sustainability in Hong Kong & the Healthcare Culinary Conference. #CLFExpert

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Jun 24

In this episode of Unconfined, author #BreaBaker teases out the 20th century’s great dispossession of Black farmers, and reports on a budding revival of African-American agrarianism. clf.jhsph.edu/Podcast/blac... #ROOTED

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our recent study found that frozen, fresh, or canned sockeye salmon, frozen Alaska pollock & canned tuna are the best choices. These products have a low carbon footprint & require little freshwater to produce.” – Dave Love #CLFExpert
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Study Reveals Environmental Impacts of Seafood in U.S. | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Research by scientists at Johns Hopkins University examines the environmental footprint of aquatic foods and identifies the most sustainable choices for U.S. consumers.

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