A selection of interesting articles in the general media about issues that concern CLF. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Center. Some of the articles may require a username/password or a purchase. 2009 Episcopal Life Online - July 20, 2009
Farmers put churches on the map
By Lynette Wilson Baltimore City Paper - June 3, 2009
The New Meal
By Edward Ericson Jr. PBS FRONTLINE documentary- April 21, 2009
Poisoned Waters
By Dr. Robert Lawrence The Huffington Post - April 20, 2009
For the Earth, Your Health and Your Pocketbook, Try Meatless Monday
By Dr. Robert Lawrence 
2008 Washington Post - October 1, 2008
The Churning Point
By Jane Black The Star-Press - July 28, 2008
Manure-spreading condemned at CAFO Watch Conference
By Seth Slabaugh
The Tribune - June 28, 2008
Water Over Road
By Dennis Keeney
2007 The Ames Tribune - October 23, 2007
Physician: Antibiotics in livestock are a threat to humans
By Heidi Marttila-Losure The Frederick News Post - April 16, 2007
Food Scares May Boost Local Produce Buying
By Ike Wilson
Washington Post - March 28, 2007
Eco-Friendly Era Has arrived in MD.
By David A. Fahrenthold and Lisa Rein
The Boston Globe - OpEd- February 11, 2007
Subtracting an additive
By Rebecca Goldburg and David Wallinga
2006 The New York Times - September 21, 2006
Leafy Green Sewage
Commentary by Nina Planck
The New York Times - September 19, 2006
Gore Calls for Immediate Freeze on Heat-Trapping Gas Emmissions
The Australian - September 18, 2006
Meat Eaters Face Immunity Scare
Washington Post - September 13, 2006
Gates, Rockefeller Charities Join to Fight African Hunger
Reuters - September 12, 2006
US Studies Big Farm Impact on Health, Environment
Launch of the National Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production.
Philadephia Inquirer - August 25, 2006
Taking Steps as Mercury is All Around
'Ubiquitous' element stirs regulators and sparks public action.
Terradaily - August 9, 2006
No Confidence in Organic
By Julia Watson - UPI Food Writer
emagazine.com
Another Inconvenient Truth: Meat is a Global Warming Issue
Commentary by Dan Brook
ABC News - August 5, 2006
Global Warming Could Slam Food Supply
Food prices could rise as farmers in California's prolific San Joaquin Valley feel the effects.
Washington Post - August 3, 2006
Health Worries Over Bay Waters
Uneven testing, tourism concerns affect reporting. Polly Walker, MD, Associate Director of CLF is quoted in the article.
Chicago Sun-Times - July 28, 2006
Phase Out Antibitoics in Livestock, Poultry
Featured Letter to the Editor by Richard Woods
Seattle Post-Ingelligencer
Locally-made Baby Foods Becoming Big Business
Chicago Sun-Times- July 16, 2006
Early deaths tied to lack of grocery stores
UPI
Eat to Live: The Battle of the Label Law
New York Times - July 15, 2006
A Tussle of Sorts, Over Organics
Telegraph (UK) - July 7, 2006
Good Diet Helps in Cancer Treatment
Providence Journal - OpEd - July 6, 2006
U.S. Focus on Biofuel is Foolish
By Julia Olmstead
New York Times - OpEd - July 6, 2006
Surgery with a Side of Fries
by Andrew Weil
Fast food has no place in hospitals.
Washington Post - July 3, 2006
Growers Reap Benefits Even in Good Years
Second of a two-part series on farm subsidies and direct payments.
Washington Post - July 2, 2006
Farm Program Pay $1.3 Billion to People Who Don't Farm
First of a two-part series on farm subsidies and direct payments.
Des Moines Register - June 25, 2006
Pew Bankrolls Study of Large Livestock Farms
The National Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production holds its first board meeting in DeMoines.
New York Times - OpEd - June 19, 2006
On the Killing Floor
By Bob Herbert
Last week I wrote the first of what I thought would be a series of columns on the plight of workers at the largest pork processing facility in the world.
New York Times - OpEd - June 15, 2006
Where the Hogs Come First
By Bob Herbert
The Smithfield Packing Company is a case study in both the butchering of hogs and the systematic exploitation of vulnerable workers.
Associated Press - June 5, 2006
Maine Purchasing Policy Addresses Antibiotics in Livestock
New York Times Magazine - June 4, 2006
Mass Natural
by Michael Pollan
Baltimore Sun - June 3, 2006
Ignoring Warming Could Be More Costly
Letters to the editor in response to Margo Thorning's column below
Baltimore Sun - May 30, 2006
Can We Afford to Heed Gore?
By Margo Thorning
(see Letters to the Editor in response above)
New York Times - May 30, 2006
Well-Intentioned Food Police May Create Havoc with Children's Diets
Essay by Harriet Brown
Los Angeles Times - May 24, 2006
The Idea that Shook the World
Straight from farmer with no middleman? That was a radical notion 27 years ago.
Planet Ark Online - May 23, 2006
Ethanol's Demand for Corn May Trim US Meat Output
Grist Magazine - May 18, 2006
Chews Wisely
Local or organic? It's a false choice
Baltimore Sun - May 14, 2006
Evolution Trips Up Modern Lifestyle
Genes give push toward obesity.
New York Times - May 11, 2006
Migrating Birds Didn't Carry Flu
Migratory birds that flew to Africa last fall, then back over Europe in recent weeks, did not carry the deadly flu virus.
Los Angeles Times - May 10, 2006
Threat Seen From Antibacterial Soap Chemicals
The compounds end u p in sewage sludge that is psread on farm field across the country. (Article reports on JHSPH research supported by CLF)
ABC News - April 19, 2006
Meat-Eaters Aiding Global Warming?
Your personal impact on global warming may be influenced as much by what you eat as by what you drive.
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