Food is Medicine
CHLPI works to integrate Food is Medicine services into health care delivery and financing at the federal- and state-levels
Federal Food Waste Policy
FLPC is recognized as the industry leader for our work in identifying, analyzing, and recommending improvements to laws and policies that impact how much food goes to waste in the U.S.
Food Law and Policy Clinic: COVID-19 Response
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19), identified in December 2019, spread rapidly across the United States and impacted life and society in many ways, including our food systems. In the months that followed, the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) engaged...
Delta Directions Consortium
The Delta Directions Consortium (DDC) is an interdisciplinary network of individuals, academic institutions, non-profit organizations, and foundations that work together to create positive social change in the multistate Mississippi Delta Region. The Food Law and...Nutrition Education for Healthcare Providers
FLPC explores a range of policy options to increase food and nutrition education among doctors
National Food Strategy
FLPC advocates for the creation of a U.S. National Food Strategy
State and Local Food Waste Policy
FLPC plays a major role in the movement of food waste legislation.
Promoting Perennial Agriculture
FLPC conducts research and makes policy recommendations to move supportive policies forward and increase awareness of perennial agriculture’s promise
Law & Policy Support for Food Justice and Equity
FLPC has worked with a number of organizations and communities over the years to advance their food system goals.
The Global Food Donation Policy Atlas
The Global Food Donation Policy Atlas project identifies and explains national laws relating to food donation in countries around the world.
Food System Workers Advocacy
FLPC partners with advocacy organizations to provide legal research and policy guidance to support their short- and long-term policy objectives. Partners have included Farmworker Justice and Restaurant Opportunities Center United/One Fair Wage. FLPC also follows policy developments related to workers, generally, and food system workers, specifically, in order to better incorporate a workers-justice lens across its projects and programs.
Local Food Systems and Food Policy Councils
FLPC supports local food system policy by partnering closely with policymakers and coalitions in the surrounding Boston area.