Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
@livablefuture.bsky.social
The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future investigates the intersection of #foodsystems and #publichealth.
Madeline Luke, a retired physician and community organizer, is tackling health challenges, including blue baby syndrome, in her North Dakota agricultural community. clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/p... #HealthAdvocate
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Madeline Luke, a retired physician and community organizer, is tackling health challenges, including blue baby syndrome, in her North Dakota agricultural community. clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/p... #HealthAdvocate
New episode of #Unconfined! Join author @mariahblake.bsky.social Mariah Blake and former organic farmer Adam Nordell as they unveil the troubling trail of PFAS chemicals from labs to farms and the inspiring community efforts to combat this issue. clf.jhsph.edu/unconfined-p... #PFAS
This Is Your Farm on Forever Chemicals
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November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New episode of #Unconfined! Join author @mariahblake.bsky.social Mariah Blake and former organic farmer Adam Nordell as they unveil the troubling trail of PFAS chemicals from labs to farms and the inspiring community efforts to combat this issue. clf.jhsph.edu/unconfined-p... #PFAS
CLF collaborated with the Environment & Food & Nutrition sections for a packed #APHA2025 panel discussion. Our team—Patti, Becky, Andrew, and Liz—explored national surveys on Americans' food perceptions.
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
CLF collaborated with the Environment & Food & Nutrition sections for a packed #APHA2025 panel discussion. Our team—Patti, Becky, Andrew, and Liz—explored national surveys on Americans' food perceptions.
Our CLF Fall Newsletter is live! Discover how we're tackling challenges in public health & food systems, plus highlights from recent projects and events! We also pay tribute to Rick Dove & Fred Kirschenmann—true champions of sustainability.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Our CLF Fall Newsletter is live! Discover how we're tackling challenges in public health & food systems, plus highlights from recent projects and events! We also pay tribute to Rick Dove & Fred Kirschenmann—true champions of sustainability.
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Join Melinda Hemmelgarn of Food Sleuth Radio as she talks with CLF’s Leo Horrigan about how soil microbes support human & planetary health. Discover how conventional farming impacts organisms & explore the promising future of #regenerativeagriculture. foodsleuth.transistor.fm/episodes/leo...
Food Sleuth Radio | Leo Horrigan, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, and author of What if Soil Microbes Mattered? Our Health Depends on Them
Did you know that soil health is integral to life on earth? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Leo Horrigan, MS, Food System Correspo...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Join Melinda Hemmelgarn of Food Sleuth Radio as she talks with CLF’s Leo Horrigan about how soil microbes support human & planetary health. Discover how conventional farming impacts organisms & explore the promising future of #regenerativeagriculture. foodsleuth.transistor.fm/episodes/leo...
A team of researchers tested for a human carcinogen in retail pork products—they didn’t detect any, but they did get a lesson in what producers will/won't reveal about their practices. And they developed a better way to test for the elusive metabolite. tinyurl.com/carbadox
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A team of researchers tested for a human carcinogen in retail pork products—they didn’t detect any, but they did get a lesson in what producers will/won't reveal about their practices. And they developed a better way to test for the elusive metabolite. tinyurl.com/carbadox
Our partners at Food Animal Concerns Trust @foodanimalconcerns.bsky.social have released a YouTube video highlighting the need to protect animals, our food, and public health. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFUa...
Industrial Animal Agriculture, Animal Welfare, and the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis
YouTube video by Food Animal Concerns Trust
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October 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Our partners at Food Animal Concerns Trust @foodanimalconcerns.bsky.social have released a YouTube video highlighting the need to protect animals, our food, and public health. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFUa...
CLF’s Becky Ramsing, Dana Smith of @meatlessmonday.bsky.social & a small cohort of young adults from Global Meatless Monday participated in the World Food Forum at the FAO Headquarters in Rome. #MeatlessMonday #WorldFoodForum
October 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
CLF’s Becky Ramsing, Dana Smith of @meatlessmonday.bsky.social & a small cohort of young adults from Global Meatless Monday participated in the World Food Forum at the FAO Headquarters in Rome. #MeatlessMonday #WorldFoodForum
The federal government canceled an EPA grant focused on biosolids, delaying work to protect people from chemical exposures in agricultural work. CLF's Sara Lupolt &
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interviewed farm workers to understand how they interact with biosolids. hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/15/e...
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interviewed farm workers to understand how they interact with biosolids. hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/15/e...
Potential crisis looms with loss of environmental health research
With the federal government canceling and scaling back funding in research related to environmental health, scientists worry about the health and economic consequences for society
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October 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The federal government canceled an EPA grant focused on biosolids, delaying work to protect people from chemical exposures in agricultural work. CLF's Sara Lupolt &
@keevenachman.bsky.social
interviewed farm workers to understand how they interact with biosolids. hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/15/e...
@keevenachman.bsky.social
interviewed farm workers to understand how they interact with biosolids. hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/15/e...
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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October 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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
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What will be the influence of MAHA voters in the midterms? Watch the full interview for this episode here: youtu.be/Boz47sWKLok
And subscribe to our YouTube channel for future episodes.
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And subscribe to our YouTube channel for future episodes.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What will be the influence of MAHA voters in the midterms? Watch the full interview for this episode here: youtu.be/Boz47sWKLok
And subscribe to our YouTube channel for future episodes.
@foodfixco.bsky.social @hbottemiller.bsky.social @livablefuture.bsky.social
And subscribe to our YouTube channel for future episodes.
@foodfixco.bsky.social @hbottemiller.bsky.social @livablefuture.bsky.social
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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October 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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...
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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.
October 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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.
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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October 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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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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
October 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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
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
September 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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
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...
September 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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...
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...
September 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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...
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...
September 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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...
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
September 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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
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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September 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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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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...
September 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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...
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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August 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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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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...
August 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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...
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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August 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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...