by Megan Oliver | Jun 7, 2019 | Lifestyle, Social Issues
“Street food is one of the most intimate ways to understand a place or culture, but cities rarely provide that experience anymore.” As we sat down to watch the new Netflix series, “Street Food,” my boyfriend lamented a noticeable absence of the...
by Megan Oliver | Jun 6, 2019 | Social Issues, Urban Wellness
In 1909, the “Burnham Plan” for Chicago was introduced to grade school children to promote the value of planning to the next generation of civic participants. When I traveled to Copenhagen in 2016, an “Our Urban Living Room” exhibit series...
by Megan Oliver | Sep 20, 2018 | Baltimore Veganism, Health + Fitness, Lifestyle, News, Public Health, Social Issues
A partnership between the Baltimore City Food Policy Initiative (a program of the Department of Planning) and Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future has produced a second report on Baltimore City’s food environment. Baltimore’s 2018 Food Environment...
by Megan Oliver | Sep 5, 2018 | Eco-Conscious, Ethics, Human Rights, Social Issues
Did you know that today’s the International Day of Charity? In September 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. In the Agenda, they call “for a spirit of strengthened global solidarity, focused in particular on the needs of the...
by Megan Oliver | Aug 12, 2018 | Animal Welfare, News, Public Health, Social Issues
The current Farm Bill is set to expire next month, and the proposed replacement is only widening the rift across chambers and party lines. With the ongoing debate, perhaps we should consider whether the current Farm Bill framework is even functioning. Consisting of...