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The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) welcomes Emma Scott to the team as a Clinical Instructor! Emma joined the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Originally published by The New York Times on August 13, 2019. Written by Amelia Nierenberg. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] With just a little white chocolate and some sprinkles, Heather Russinko can make a […]
Last week, Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the Food Date Labeling Act of 2019 (H.R. 3981), federal legislation to standardize date labels on food products. The […]
Originally published by The Martha’s Vineyard Times on July 24, 2019. Written by Brittany Bowker. If nutritious food prevents chronic disease and promotes long-term health, why shouldn’t it be included […]
Originally published by FBLE on July 24, 2019. Last July, the Trump administration announced a major new subsidy program designed to help farmers weather America’s ongoing trade war with China. That initiative—dubbed […]
The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) welcomes Melissa Shapiro to the team as a Clinical Instructor! Melissa joined the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy […]
Originally published by Forbes on July 23, 2019. Written by Natalie Parletta. When documentary filmmaker Karney Hatch started visiting Heart 2 Heart Farms in Sherwood, Oregon, he says he was […]
Originally published by Waste Today Magazine on July 17, 2019. Written by Theresa Cottom. Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Center for EcoTechnology (CET), a nonprofit […]
Originally published by Waste360 on July 18, 2019. Forty percent of food in the United States goes to waste—this amounts to $218 billion each year spent on food that is […]
The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) and the Center for EcoTechnology released a new toolkit today on state and local organic waste bans, policies that restrict […]
Originally published by ynetnews.com on July 6, 2019. Written by Sarah Vorsanger. Education is an essential way to make the general public aware of the food they are eating. School […]
Food Law & Policy, Commentary
Here’s How We Solve the Planet’s Food Waste Problem
August 26, 2019
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published August 21, 2019 by Grist. Written by Maddie Stone. Earlier this month, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a dire report highlighting the enormous environmental impact of agriculture. But […]