News & Commentary
As part of its unprecedented immigration enforcement actions, the Trump Administration has begun using data that the federal government collects on individuals, including Medicaid data, for immigration enforcement purposes. Despite […]
By Bianca Hsieh, FLPC Student Focusing on reducing food loss and waste, ReFED and the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic are actively monitoring legislative developments in this area. Their biannual updates […]
On March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors. In Chiles v. Salazar, […]
By Benjamin Ferrer. Originally published in Nutrition Insight on March 20. 2026. Advocating for a greater focus on nutrition in US healthcare, the Food Is Medicine Coalition (FIMC) and Harvard […]
By Sofia Palmieri, Vincent Joralemon, Carmel Shachar, I. Glenn Cohen. Published in Health Affairs Forefront on March 17, 2026. Digital technologies now occupy a central role in social connection, education, commerce, […]
By Sara Raza, Sara Gerke, Christina Silcox, Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup & Carmel Shachar. Published in NPJ Digital Medicine on February 4, 2026. Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are playing a larger role in directing patient care. Insurers are […]
By Christina A. Roberto, PhD1; Alyssa J. Moran, ScD1; Emily Broad Leib, JD2, published in JAMA Health Forum on March 13, 2026 The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission’s “Make Our Children Healthy Again” report brought long overdue […]
National framework provides roadmap to integrate medically tailored meals into healthcare systems [NEW YORK] — March 17, 2026 — The Food Is Medicine Coalition (FIMC), in partnership with theCenter for […]
Around the world, food systems sit at the center of overlapping crises: accelerating climate change, rising rates of diet-related disease, persistent hunger and malnutrition, and widening inequities in who can […]
By Julie Chapon, Gabriela Mourad Vicenssuto (Yuka) & Emily Broad Leib (FLPC) In a new report, “Price vs Quality: The Hidden Costs of Low Priced Food,” The Food Law and […]
By April Love, Gray Norton (Clinical Instructors), Katharine Stecher, and Taylor Walden (FLPC Students) This year, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has undergone one of the most turbulent periods in its modern […]
Food Law & Policy, Commentary
From Surplus to Sustenance: Why Wasting Food Violates the Right to Food
April 27, 2026
Around the world, we throw away an astonishing share of the food we grow. Roughly one-third of all food produced is lost or wasted each year, even as hundreds of […]