Fellowship highlight: ’26 fellow Neema Ebeledike profiled Ashley Kirk and Planted Foods in Sacramento, where plant-based comfort food is made more accessible for Black communities. www.theobserver.media/health/entre... @sacobserver.com

Fellowship highlight: ’25 fellow Nina Elkadi @ninaelkadi.com & CLF’s Tom Philpott @tomphilpott.bsky.social co-authored a @politico.com story on how Iowa’s water quality crisis is becoming a public health and fairness issue with political consequences. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Ten journalists from this year’s cohort of the Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists spent four days learning about Maryland’s food system through farm visits and expert presentations. clf.jhsph.edu/stories/jour...

In June, CLF and Meatless Monday joined the International SBCC Summit in Panama City, sharing how they’ve adapted Meatless Monday to promote healthy, plant-forward choices through TV, social media, youth outreach & university dining.

CLF’s Dave Love @davelove.bsky.social wrote commentary in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on the need to improve diet quality and build more sustainable food systems. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Six years ago, CLF released Growing Solutions, a doc on farmers, ranchers, and educators meeting agriculture’s challenges. On the new episode of Unconfined, 5 panelists + director Leo Horrigan join host @tomphilpott.bsky.social to discuss regenerative ag & more. clf.jhsph.edu/unconfined-p...

A new CLF study found that New York’s City’s updated food standards helped to shift government agency menus toward plant-based options associated with lower greenhouse gas emissions. clf.jhsph.edu/about-us/new...

FS & PH Fellowship for Journalists ’25 fellow Marin Scotten published a piece in @sentientmedia.org on manure digesters & their potential to power data centers, along with the environmental & economic tradeoffs. CLF’s @brent_f_kim is quoted. tinyurl.com/yh4fa67j

Food Systems & Public Health Fellowship for Journalists Highlight: ’26 fellow Sarah Kaplan’s @washingtonpost article shows how the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s algae problem reflects a larger environmental crisis driven by ag runoff & pollution. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Food Systems & Public Health Fellowship for Journalists Highlight: ’26 fellow Sarah Kaplan’s @washingtonpost.com article shows how the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s algae problem reflects a larger environmental crisis driven by ag runoff & pollution. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

New report in collaboration with SiX & CAFS, State Legislation on Animal Agriculture: 2024–2025 Policy Trends, examines animal agriculture-related bills across all 50 states during the 2024–2025 legislative sessions. clf.jhsph.edu/about-us/new...

Food policy councils are vital local infrastructure. As CLF’s Karen Bassarab notes in @civileats.com, cutting them weakens a city’s ability to respond before food problems become emergencies. civileats.com/2026/06/22/c...

Animal welfare is in the spotlight, with voices like @ezraklein.bsky.social and @nickkristof.bsky.social joining the conversation. Professor Paul Locke says meaningful change won’t be one-size-fits-all, but shifting industrial agriculture is a sensible place to start. tinyurl.com/4tr2j5k5

The MAHA movement promotes more meat consumption, but could it reinforce industrial livestock production? CLF’s Brent Kim says Americans’ insatiable appetite for animal foods exceeds what nature-based approaches can sustainably supply. www.thenewlede.org/2026/06/maha...

@ezraklein.bsky.social’s NYT piece about agricultural efficiency and the Save Our Bacon Act cites CLF research. Multiple CLF surveys have found most Americans want stronger oversight of confined animal feeding operations and many support a ban on new ones. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...

Residents of a Pennsylvania town fought a beef processor after its waste polluted their wells. Meat-processing waste can contain contaminants such as pathogens and chemicals that may pose health risks — CLF’s Chris Heaney. grist.org/accountabili...

Grocers are leaning hard into the protein trend, but CLF’s Daphene Altema-Johnson says protein sources vary in nutrient profile and long-term health impact. talkbusiness.net/2026/06/the-...

New Unconfined Episode! Managing attorney of the Antimonopoly Counsel, Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social, breaks down how the companies dominating food & agriculture have grown too powerful & why that matters for all of us. clf.jhsph.edu/unconfined-p... #publichealth

EHE/CLF’s Keeve Nachman @keevenachman.bsky.social and EHE’s Peter DeCarlo found serious air pollution health risks in Louisiana fenceline communities, confirming community concerns that those risks had been underestimated. magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2026/measuri... #EnvironmentalJustice

Living near pig farms linked to higher risk of antibiotic‑resistant infections. Overuse of antimicrobials in agriculture can create hard‑to‑treat pathogens that affect workers and spread to communities. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A former federal meat inspector warns that a Trump-era USDA proposal to speed up slaughterhouse lines could mean greater pollution. CLF’s Patti Truant Anderson says the poultry surge would need 114 billion L more water yearly and emit 2 billion kg CO2. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

After 12 years supporting food policy councils, Johns Hopkins’ Food Policy Networks (FPN) project is transitioning to an independent entity. Rooted in deep listening, research, and trust-building, FPN’s next chapter will expand its mission and reach. clf.jhsph.edu/stories/fpn-...

Announcing the 2026 Food Systems & Public Health Fellowship for Journalists! Learn more about the program and check out their bios.https://clf.jhsph.edu/about-us/news/news-2026/johns-hopkins-center-livable-future-announces-2026-cohort-food-systems-and #FoodSystems

Proposed faster poultry line speeds have climate and resource impacts. CLF analysis of USDA projections shows a potential extra 2 billion kg CO2 per year. insideclimatenews.org/news/0705202...

NEW CLF study used an agent-based modelto testmeat-reduction strategies in Baltimore. Findings show combined retail interventions have a larger effect than individual actions. clf.jhsph.edu/about-us/new...

Maryland’s poultry industry backed an emergency bill to roll back CAFO oversight, but advocacy groups stopped it, with help from CLF. A win for protecting community health. clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/s... #MDPolitics #Environment #CAFOs

New episode of Unconfined: journalist Ted Genoways tells the unlikely story of how some of the world’s most vulnerable people took on a giant meatpacking company in Greeley, Colorado. clf.jhsph.edu/unconfined-p...

In Martha Stewart, CLF’s @andrewtl.bsky.social Andrew Thorne‑Lyman explains that eating a variety of sustainably sourced seafood provides omega‑3s to support heart and brain health. www.marthastewart.com/healthiest-f...

New video from NutritionFacts.org highlights CLF research showing veterinary drug residues in seafood can pose risks. FDA finds that about 1 in 10 imported shrimp shipments exceed safe drug residue levels, yet only 1 in 1,000 shipments are tested. nutritionfacts.org/video/is-shr...

Spoiler Alert! Have you tried today’s @nytimes.com Connections? Swing by the @meatlessmonday.bsky.social Meatless Monday Resource Center for a friendly hint: meatlessmonday.publichealth.jhu.edu

CLF researchers at JHU’s #Sustainability Symposium shared what motivates Americans’ food choices: price first, then taste and health. clf.jhsph.edu/stories/sear...

CLF’s Patti Truant Anderson breaks down the updated Dietary Guidelines: protein guidance shifted toward animal sources against expert advice, mixed signals on saturated fat, and little emphasis on Americans’ chronic fiber shortfall. www.consultant360.com/qas/evaluati...

Episode 29 of Unconfined — Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin reflects on the intersection of the food system and federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Read and listen: clf.jhsph.edu/unconfined-p...

Manure digesters are booming. CLF’s Brent Kim says they “are not the climate solution they’re touted to be,” noting they address only part of livestock GHG emissions and may introduce new air pollutants. www.thenewlede.org/2026/03/manu...

Most Americans were already getting plenty of protein before the recent dietary guidelines update. CLF’s Daphene Altema-Johnson says the food system — along with cultural messaging that favors meat, convenience and low cost — shapes those choices. www.the-independent.com/life-style/h...

Confused about farm‑raised vs. wild seafood? “The number one thing you can look for is sustainability labels on the package of retail seafood for approval from the Marine Stewardship Council or the Aquaculture Stewardship Council,” says CLF’s Dave Love. www.aarp.org/health/healt...

Seafood is “the only natural source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids” which are crucial for brain and heart health and difficult for the body to synthesize efficiently from plant sources, says CLF’s @andrewtl.bsky.social publichealth.jhu.edu/2026/america... @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

In the new episode of Unconfined, CLF’s Tom Philpott reflects on a story he wrote about the possible connection between rising cancer rates in Iowa and industrial food animal production. clf.jhsph.edu/corn-belts-t...

Meet Elizabeth Myong, KERA’s Arts Collaborative Reporter/Producer, and a participant in our Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists. CLF is accepting applications now for our 2026-2027 cohort. clf.jhsph.edu/about-us/new...

Last year brought about several new food trends that influenced the diets of many, particularly young and middle-aged adults. clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/f...

Maryland officials are backing a bill to allow chicken growers to construct new poultry houses despite permit delays. CLF’s Patti Truant Anderson stated, “This is a temporary problem that can be solved without permanently weakening oversight.” marylandmatters.org/2026/02/13/m...

The winter issue of The CLF Quarterly is here. Check it out - and be sure to subscribe! https://ow.ly/sWgp50YerFi

New Study! Researchers at CLF analyze food policy councils’ use of racial & social #equity frameworks during #COVID19. clf.jhsph.edu/about-us/new...

CLF’s Patti Anderson reflects on the newly released Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the recent CLF survey about them. clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/w... #DietaryGuidelines

APPLY NOW! CLF is accepting applications for the 2026-2027 cohort of the Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists.The application period is open now and closes on March 1, 2026. clf.jhsph.edu/about-us/new...

In a new Op-Ed in @thehill.com , CLF’s Daphene Altema-Johnson, @andrewtl.bsky.social & @ptand.bsky.social discuss how the 2025 Dietary Guidelines promote more meat & dairy—but what Americans really need is more fiber, which comes from foods like legumes. thehill.com/opinion/heal...

Check out Episode 27 of #Unconfined! CLF experts Daphene Altema-Johnson and Patti Truant Anderson delve into RFK Jr.’s new dietary guidelines. Don’t miss it! clf.jhsph.edu/unconfined-p...

CLF's Patti Truant Anderson welcomes the new food pyramid's focus on whole foods but is concerned about the emphasis on protein & meat. She advises consumers to balance protein intake & saturated fat through plant-based & seafood options. wtop.com/health-fitne...

The updated 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released this week! In a survey fielded ahead of the release, CLF asked Americans about their opinions and knowledge of the #DietaryGuidelines. Learn more: clf.jhsph.edu/sites/defaul... #Nutrition

The updated #DietaryGuidelines emphasize animal proteins, positioning plant-based options like beans and nuts as secondary. CLF’s Becky Ramsing warns this could lead to increased meat consumption, impacting food options in government institutions like schools. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...