Food may contain a number of intended (e.g., ingredients) and unintended (e.g., pathogenic or spoilage microbes) substances. These have implications for safety and quality that may in turn result in our tendency to waste food. Cameron Faustman, UConn professor and visiting scholar at the Food Law and Policy Clinic this semester, will provide a brief […]
WASTED! THE STORY OF FOOD WASTE aims to change the way people buy, cook, recycle, and eat food. Through the the eyes of chef heroes like Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, Massimo Bottura, and Danny Bowien, audiences will see how the world’s most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming […]
This panel brings together three leading food system advocates to examine the Green New Deal and the future of food. They will propose ways to strengthen the current plan, while also exploring its potential to create a new coalition in rural America focused on the fight for economic, environmental, and racial justice. PANELISTS: Peter Lehner, […]
The food system—from fertilizer manufacturing to production and distribution to food waste in landfills—is responsible for 25 - 30% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Agriculture is also uniquely threatened by climate change. As a result, there is growing consensus that the food system—what we eat and how we grow it—requires major change in order to protect our health, […]
The Food Law Student Leadership Summit convenes law students from around the country who share a passion for creating an equitable, transparent, healthy, and sustainable food system. Food law and policy is a fast-growing field within the legal profession and society at large. The 2019 Summit will be held April 5-7th in Washington, D.C. at the Georgetown […]
March 9, 2019 | 10AM-4PM | Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West A
On the heels of heightened recycling contamination standards, single-use plastic reduction efforts, and overall pushes for sustainable social and business practices, the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) launches SWANApalooza 2019, the premier technical gathering for professionals to explore environmental solutions for integrated solid waste management, coming to Boston, Massachusetts from February 25–28. Its first […]
Join Katie Sandson from FLPC for a screening and discussion on combating food waste.
Come join Harvard Law School’s Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs for lunch and to learn about working at the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic of the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation. If you or an event participant requires disability-related accommodations, please contact HLS Accessibility Services in the Dean of Students Office at accessibility@law.harvard.edu, or […]
Date of Event: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm Location of Event: CGIS South- S354 We’re kicking off our month of Food Politics by featuring the #1 agricultural and food policy tool of the federal government: the farm bill. In a fun and informative presentation, Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinical Fellow, Erika Dunyak, […]