News & Commentary
If you are a member of a local food policy council, or a food policy advocates, FLPC seeks your input as we update our 2012 publication Good Laws, Good Food: Putting Local Food […]
On Monday, July 27, politifact.com reviewed “Last Week Tonight’s” 7/19/15 story on food waste, government regulation, and expiration date labels. The HBO news-satire show included research and quotes from Harvard Food Law […]
Written by: Niina Heikkinen, E&E reporter Published: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Read the article on ClimateWire Each year, Americans waste 30 to 40 percent of all the food that is […]
On July 19, 2015, “Last Week Tonight,” HBO’s satirical news program highlighted the enormous problems of food waste, expiration dates, and challenges to donating products to food pantries. Using clips from […]
Kirsten Van Fossen is a first-year PhD student from the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, where she researches with the Centre for Industrial Sustainability. In her project, Kirsten is […]
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates CHLPI has just released a new report, Food is Prevention: The Case for Integrating Food and Nutrition Interventions into […]
Article excerpt from The Economist: Americans increasingly like to buy local food. The number of farmers’ markets offering local produce, cakes and jams around the country has more than doubled […]
In July 2015 CHLPI released the white paper Food Banks as Partners in Health Promotion: Creating Connections for Client & Community Health. Food banks are embedded in local communities across the […]
The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation PATHS program just released the report Reconsidering Cost-Sharing for Diabetes Self-Management Education: Recommendations for Policy Reform (June 2015). Diabetes self-management education (DSME) provides a […]
On June 30, 2015, the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, along with researchers from Brown University Department of Medicine, Rhode Island’s Miriam Hospital, Treatment Action Group, and Kirby […]
On Thursday, June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court in King v. Burwell upheld the Government’s provision of health care insurance subsidies to lower-income individuals living in states with Federally-run health insurance exchanges. This […]
Food Law & Policy, Commentary
Replacing “Kid Food” with “True Food” in School Cafeterias
July 29, 2015
By: Katie Carey, 2015 Summer Intern, Food Law and Policy Clinic On June 10, FLPC co-hosted the first annual Healthy Food Fuels Hungry Minds conference at Harvard University to discuss […]