Archived Features 2010 | 2009 | 2008 2011 Archives De Facto Organic
Sometimes hunger is the mother of invention. In 1991, when Cuba lost its comradely support from the collapsing Soviet Union, the island country faced a sudden food crisis. It had no choice but to reinvent its agriculture. Once a sugar crop monoculture, this socialist nation now puts mostly organic, sustainably farmed fruits and vegetables on Cuban tables 365 days a year....Read More.... CLF Awards Carl Taylor Grants
The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future has awarded Carl Taylor Grants for 2011 to six Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health students. The Carl Taylor Grant program provides resources in support of innovative Johns Hopkins University graduate student and postdoctoral fellow-led research projects on topics relevant to the complex interrelationships among food production, diet, environment and public health....Read More.... Dumpster Scavenging: Making up for Gaps in Food Assistance
RTI International, a leading research institute, has released a research and policy brief based on a study funded by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, RTI International, and Rutgers University, including former CLF Doctoral Fellow Andrea Smith, PhD, examined food acquisition practices used by low-income Americans who are worried about having enough food for themselves and their households. Their findings were published in the Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition in early 2011....Read More.... | 
