News & Commentary
On July 21st New Jersey took a critical step forward in its fight against type 2 diabetes when Governor Chris Christie signed Assembly Bill 2993 into law. Under the new […]
On Monday, July 31, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) introduced the Food Recovery Act of 2017, a comprehensive bill aiming to reduce food waste in stores […]
Originally published by Climate Central on July 25, 2017. Written by Bobby Magill. A new law in New Jersey aims to shrink the state’s climate footprint and feed the hungry by […]
Written by Ariel Ardura, Summer 2017 intern in the Food Law and Policy Clinic. People care deeply about food waste reduction, a fact that was clearly evident at the Massachusetts […]
Originally published on July 28, 2017 by healio.com. Written by Alaina Tedesco Twenty hours of tense debate among the U.S. senators ended with the rejection of the “skinny repeal” bill—a major […]
Originally published on huffingtonpost.com on July 26, 2017. Written by Emily Broad Leib, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, Deputy […]
Written by Talia Ralph, Summer 2017 intern in the Food Law and Policy Clinic. Once you start working on food waste issues, you start to see it everywhere—from your bleary-eyed […]
Emily Broad Leib, director of Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic, recently spoke with Forbes.com contributor Eustacia Huen about expiration labels and the confusion surrounding them. The full article, What […]
Originally published by Bay Area Bites on June 21, 2017. Written by Jodi Helmer. California nonprofits are advocating for a medically tailored meal pilot program for low-income residents. […]
Originally published by healio.com on Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Written by Robert Linnehan and Katrina Altersitz. The cost savings that would be realized under the Senate’s proposed health care bill would […]
Thousands of Californians who struggle with serious illness will soon find it easier to eat healthy meals that are just right for the nutrition challenges unique to their diseases. Today, […]
Food Law & Policy, Commentary
FLPC Storms Capitol Hill to Advocate for Solutions to Food Waste
August 11, 2017
Written by Victoria Shoots & Talia Ralph, Summer 2017 interns in the Food Law and Policy Clinic. During our final week as FLPC interns, we headed to the nation’s Capitol […]