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This USDA video is a recording of the September 15, 2021 virtual roundtable “Exploring Food Waste Solutions: Success Stories from the U.S. and Beyond” which showcased innovative policies and approaches […]
Originally written by Emily Heil and published by The Washington Post. Martha Rabello is ready to start baking again. The mother of three from Fanwood, N.J., had seen her dream of […]
This post was written by Health Law and Policy Clinic student Ali Gentry, Harvard Law School ’23. In early September, the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation joined the National […]
The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic developed nine actionable recommendations to utilize tax policy to facilitate the redistribution of safe, surplus food to people struggling with hunger. One-third […]
Originally written by Jacob Sweet and published by Harvard Magazine FOR ONE OF THE WORLD’S leading experts on food waste, visiting a grocery store can be frustrating. Stepping into her local Whole […]
Originally written by Kayte Young and published on Indiana Public Media on 10/08/2021 Listen to the interview here: https://indianapublicmedia.org/eartheats/food-safety-could-include-long-term-health-and-environmental-concerns.php
The state expanded coverage of prior authorization criteria to include all levels of liver scarring and substance use without regard to the specialty of the provider, increasing access to hepatitis […]
One-third of food produced across the globe is lost or wasted. Yet global hunger persists at crisis levels, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lost or wasted food ends up in […]
This week, the United Nations Food System Summit (FSS) will convene global civil society changemakers, advocates, experts, and government officials to strategize how to leverage the food system to end […]
The Food Law and Policy Clinic’s faculty director, Professor Emily Broad Leib, recently published a new simulation for use in a law school course. The simulation, titled “Share-Inn Economy,” is […]
The Health Law and Policy Clinic is pleased to welcome three new Clinical Fellows, Suzanne Davies, Julia Harvey, Erin McCrady. Suzanne Daviessudavies@law.harvard.edu, 617.384.0118 Suzanne joined the Center for Health Law and […]
Food Law & Policy, Commentary
GAO Report Echoes FLPC Recommendations – National Strategy Needed to Coordinate Federal Efforts to Address Diet-Related Disease
October 21, 2021
In a recent report requested by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Congressman Tim Ryan, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed federal efforts to address health conditions linked to diet and found that a […]