Special CLF Event to Celebrate ‘World of Soy’ Book
A special event is planned Oct. 6 at JHSPH to celebrate the publication of a new book, “World of Soy,” edited by Dr. Sidney Mintz, world-renowned food anthropologist, JHU emeritus professor, and recipient of CLF Innovation grants that began the work for the book...Read More....

‘Connecting Health and Sustainability’ Series Underway at JHSPH
A seminar series featuring several prominent experts on issues of sustainability continues at the Bloomberg School of Public Health each week through October. The series, “Connecting Health and Sustainability,” brings together experts from fields including environmental justice, the food system, human rights/resource conflict, environmental economics, mass media, and health communication to illustrate the connection between how we use and live on this planet and the resulting impact on public health and the environment....Read More.....

Healthy Monday Launches Newsletter, Names President
The Healthy Monday Campaign, designed to help Americans start and sustain healthier behaviors by focusing messages around the start of the week, has launched an “insider’s” newsletter to provide updates on the rapidly growing national campaign. Healthy Monday has also named its first president, Peggy Neu, who will oversee the Monday Campaigns. In collaboration with the National Meatless Monday Campaign, CLF provides scientific expertise to the national campaign that seeks to reduce the amount of saturated fat consumed by Americans....View Newsletter....

CSA’s Extra Shares: Where do they go?
The practice of tithing dates to biblical times when farmers were expected to donate one tenth of their crops to those community members who could not produce for themselves. Today, One Straw Farm, an organic farm in Northern Baltimore County, continues this charitable practice by donating one share from their Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA) for every 10 shares sold....Read More.....

How Your Diet Affects Climate Change

Did you know your diet can affect global climate change? Find out how—and what you can do about it—in the new fact sheet available in the CLF Publications library....Read More...

CLF Examines Media Coverage of Food System Contributions to Climate Change
A new study conducted by researchers at JHSPH shows the nation’s top newspapers have largely overlooked the food system as one of the more important contributors to global climate change. The two year study analyzed coverage by 16 of the nation’s leading circulation newspapers, finding only 2.4 percent of the articles on climate change included even brief mention of the contributions of food and agriculture to greenhouse gas emissions....Read More.....

Baltimore Green Living Guide Online
Are you new to Baltimore or have lived here for years but want to be more green? This new guide provides resources for making more environmentally friendly purchasing and lifestyle decisions from buying locally grown, organic produce or renewable electricity to reducing the carbon footprint of your commute....Read More.....