Vandana Shiva inspires Crowd with 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…..
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.” They represented a wide variety of religious backgrounds, including AME, Catholic, Episcopalian, Friends, Lutheran, Methodist, Muslim, Presbyterian, Unitarian, and others….Read More….
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 to 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…..
“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.
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