Archived Features 2008 | 2009 2009 Archives Center for a Livable Future Names Predoctoral Fellows for 2009-2010
The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) has awarded predoctoral fellowships to 16 Johns Hopkins University students for the 2009-2010 academic year in its Farming for the Future and Eating for the Future program areas....Read More.... 2nd Annual Hopkins Holi-Healthfest
The SEE Campaign sponsored the second annual Hopkins Holi-Healthfest last Friday afternoon at the Ralph S. O’Connor Recreation Center to introduce students to a variety of holistic health services and promote healthy, balanced living....Read More..... Baltimore’s ‘Food Deserts’ Highlighted on Radio Show
CLF’s Anne Palmer, manager of the Center’s Eating for the Future Program, joined Dr. Sara Bleich, assistant professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, on a Baltimore radio program yesterday to discuss ‘food deserts.” ...Read More... Urban Garden in Baltimore Yields Lessons, Lettuce for Students
The middle school students at Baltimore’s Cardinal Shehan School have established a Majestic Garden....Read More... School Board Refuses to Hear Presentation on Public Health Risks
On Thursday evening, Dr. Roni Neff and her colleague, Jillian Fry went up to rural southern Pennsylvania with the intent of speaking to the school board of the South Eastern School District. We had been invited to speak by members of Peach Bottom Concerned Citizens to provide a summary of potential environmental hazards to schoolchildren and bus drivers, resulting from having school buses parked one-quarter of a mile from a proposed large-scale swine production facility in Peach Bottom....Read More.... Periodic Reminders May Help Improve Healthy Behaviors
Periodic prompts and reminders could be an effective strategy for improving healthy behaviors, according to a review of published studies by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health....Read More.... CLF- Supported Study Finds Parents' Influence on Children's Eating Habits Is Small
The popular belief that healthy eating starts at home, and that parents' dietary choices help children establish their nutritional beliefs and behaviors, may need rethinking, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. An examination of dietary intakes and patterns among U.S. families found that the resemblance between children's and their parents' eating habits is weak. The results are published in the May 25 issue of Social Science and Medicine....Read More....
CLF Expert Briefs Congressional Staff on Water Hazards Posed by CAFOs
Washington, DC—Over 45 Congressional staff members and concerned citizens crowded into a small conference room on Capitol Hill last week to hear from a panel of experts about the effects of large animal feeding operations on clean water....Read More.... “Farmacology”
The latest issue of Johns Hopkins Magazine explores how industrial farming could be a potential source for antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with support from the School’s Center for a Livable Future, are investigating the use of antibiotics in factory farming, which cultivates more than poultry and livestock. The complete cover story “Farmacology” is available here. Additional information on the use of antibiotics in animals can be found in the report, “Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America,” a project of The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Transforming School Food in Baltimore
Baltimore’s City Paper featured a long story in its latest edition on efforts underway to transform the city’s school lunch program. The article includes interviews with Antonia Demas, visiting professor at the Center for a Livable Future, and CLF’s Anne Palmer, program director for Eating for the Future...Read More...
Is There a Connection between IFAP and the Ongoing Swine Flu Outbreak?
The ongoing outbreak of Swine Flu / novel influenza A (H1N1) highlights one of the many serious public health risks that industrial food animal production (IFAP) poses on a global scale. It is known that pigs are “mixing vessels” for influenza viruses (for swine, avian and human flu), and it is believed that the last two flu pandemics, in 1957 and 1968, broke out when avian flu and human flu viruses mixed genetically with pig viruses to create a new flu virus that was transferred back to people....Read More.... Gateway Expands Food Policy Coverage
The Agriculture & Public Health Gateway has added a new topic – Food Policy Councils – which includes more than 30 recommended resources. The Community Food Security Coalition has described food policy councils as entities that “bring together stakeholders from diverse food-related sectors to examine how the food system is operating and to develop recommendations on how to improve it.”....Read More.... Community Supported Agriculture at JHSPH
Shares are still available for the JHSPH CSA! Begin picking up your share of fresh, organic and locally grown produce from One Straw Farm on June 9th....Read More..... Pollan tells Oprah viewers why he goes meatless on Monday
Oprah Winfrey celebrated Earth Day by sharing with her viewers tips on how to Go Green and Save Money. During a Skype interview with Michael Pollan, the author of Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, Pollan suggested to Oprah that one great way to cut your carbon footprint is to eat less meat....Read More.....
 Health experts call for Americans to go meatless on Mondays
With World Health Day and Earth Day both in April, health and environmental advocates are calling on President Obama to take a page from history and proclaim national "meatless" days, as three of his predecessors in office have done....Read More....
"Poisoned Waters" press event features CLF director, EPA administrator
Environmental experts came together in Washington last week and highlighted the challenges the United States faces to maintain a clean, safe water supply and the opportunities for action based on scientific evidence and a renewed political will....Read More... EPA official discusses brownfield redevelopment direction
Ann Carroll, a senior policy analyst with the Environmental Protection Agency (and soon-to-be doctoral student here at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), recently gave students, faculty and staff an inside look into her work at the EPA’s Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization....Read More.... Momentum Builds for Outdoor Education in Maryland The Center for a Livable Future announces 2008-2009 innovation grant recipients
Four research projects will be funded through the Center for a Livable Future's Innovation Grants program. Each year, the program awards up to $20,000 for innovative interdisciplinary study by Johns Hopkins University faculty, fellows or graduate students. The purpose of the grants is to promote research that addresses some of the complex interactions among diet, human health, food production, food security, equity, and the environment....Read More.... Vandana Shiva inspires crowd at Dodge Lecture
Dr. Vandana Shiva - world-renowned author, ecologist and activist - visited the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on March 3rd to discuss her work in India to promote agricultural biodiversity. Shiva delivered the Ninth Annual Dodge Lecture, established in recognition of Edward and Nancy Dodge's generous support for the Center for a Livable Future.....Read More... CLF-led course to explore urban food environments
A new course led by Center for a Livable Future staff members Anne Palmer, MAIA, and Roni Neff, PhD, MS, will debut at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the fourth quarter. The course will use Baltimore's food system as a case study of urban food environments....Read More.... Happy Earth Day!
Today is Earth Day 2009 and it marks the beginning of The Green Generation Campaign with hopes of a carbon-free future and a new green economy. The Center for a Livable Future would like to share with you resources to help you build a healthy and sustainable world not only today, but for decades to come….Read More…. CLF director provides testimony to Maryland Legislature on pesticide-use reporting
Dr. Robert Lawrence, director of CLF submitted written testimony to the Maryland State legislature on a bill to establish a pesticide and fertilizer usage reporting system that would help inform decision makers about the health of residents and the health of the Chesapeake Bay…Read More…. Gardening workshop is Food and Faith Project’s most successful event yet
Recently 65 people gathered on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Solid Rock Apostolic Faith Church in West Baltimore for the “Growing Food, Growing Faith: Creating a Vegetable Garden with Your Faith Community workshop.”….Read More… World of Soy receives London Times acclaim
Johns Hopkins' own Sidney Mintz, who co-edited the book, The World of Soy, received rave reviews earlier this month from The London Times. Mintz, a prominent anthropologist known for his work in the Caribbean and Latin America, was instrumental in the creation of the Anthropology Department at John Hopkins University. He serves on the CLF Advisory Board….Read More…. CLF-supported study: Flies May Spread Drug-Resistant Bacteria from Poultry Operations
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found evidence that houseflies collected near broiler poultry operations may contribute to the dispersion of drug-resistant bacteria and thus increase the potential for human exposure to drug-resistant bacteria.....Read More....
Author offers encouraging view of grassroots efforts in fight against climate change (audio available)
American University Adjunct Professor Robert Musil, PhD, MPH, encouraged students, faculty, and visitors to become engaged in the environmental movement in a lecture and book signing February 17 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Musil, who received his MPH from JHSPH in 2001, noted the difficulties of green-oriented groups in referring to the environment....Read More.... Just published: Righteous Porkchop
A new book, Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory Farms, takes a critical look at factory farms while giving readers a pathway to find sustainably and humanely produced meat, dairy and eggs. Righteous Porkchop, penned by environmental lawyer and rancher Nicolette Hahn Niman, hit the bookshelves in mid-February and is already receiving wide praise....Read More....
CLF-supported Study: Healthy Food Availability Could Depend on Where You Live—So Does the Quality of Your Diet
The availability of healthy food choices and your quality of diet is associated with where you live, according to two studies conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and funded by the Center for a Livable Future....Read More... Making an impression
Upper-school students at Baltimore’s Bryn Mawr School have become supporters of the Center for a Livable Future (CLF). Following a recent assembly presentation by CLF Director Robert Lawrence, students decided to pass the hat and make a donation to the Center....Read More... Announcing 2008-2009 predoctoral fellowship request for applications
The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) announces the seventh year of its Predoctoral Fellowship Program. Each predoctoral fellowship provides one year of support in an amount up to $60,000 to be used for tuition, stipend, and/or research expenses depending on individual needs...Read More.... CLF director featured in JAMA for work on adolescent health
Dr. Robert Lawrence, director of the Center for a Livable Future, was quoted in the January 28, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in an article titled "Reforms Needed in Adolescent Health Care." Lawrence was the chair of an 18-member committee convened by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council to examine the state of adolescent health in the U.S....Read More... CLF research and policy director featured in Imagine magazine
Imagine magazine, a publication of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, published an article written by CLF research and policy director Roni Neff, PhD, in its January/February 2009 issue. In her article, “Food Matters: How What We Eat Affects Our Health and the Planet,” Neff discusses the true costs of our food and the need to incorporate public health concerns into agriculture policies....Read More..... A look at the Baltimore Healthy Stores Project
The Baltimore Healthy Stores project, led by Joel Gittlesohn, PhD, of the Johns Hopkins Center for Human Nutrition, seeks to improve access to healthy foods among low-income residents at risk for obesity and diet-related disease....Read More.... What’s new with the Great American Smokeout?
STAY QUIT MONDAY
Quitting is hard and staying quit is even harder. On Thursday, November 20, the countless Americans who want to quit smoking in the American Cancer Society's 33rd Great American Smokeout will have an easier time to stay quit with the new Stay Quit Monday initiative.....Read More.....
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