by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Aug 28, 2024 | Food Law & Policy
By: Josephine Dudzik and Denae Romero (FLPC 2024 Summer Interns) In June of 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration released its National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics, which provides a list of planned activities for the U.S. to meet...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Aug 14, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
Redistributing food before it’s tossed or wasted doesn’t just fight hunger — it also fights climate change. By Frida Garza, originally published in Grist on August 14, 2024. The latest annual impact report from the Global Foodbanking Network — a...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Aug 13, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
The tool empowers stakeholders to influence in-progress food waste legislation August 13, 2024 Divert, Inc., an impact technology company on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™, announced today the release of the Food Waste Legislative Tracker to provide...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jul 22, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
Written By Avani Rai, and originally published in The Harvard Undergraduate Law Review’s Spring 2024 Edition. Emily M. Broad Leib is a Clinical Professor of Law, Director of Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, and Founding Director of...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jul 2, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, Commentary
By Denae Romero, FLPC Intern, Summer 2024 On June 12 at the ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit in Baltimore, MD, the USDA Secretary, Tom Vilsack announced the finished version of the “National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics” (the...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jun 11, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, Commentary
Summer interns in the Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) engage in action-based learning to gain a deeper understanding of the complex challenges facing our current food system. The summer internship provides hands-on experience conducting legal and policy research for...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jun 11, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, Commentary
The Food Law and Policy Clinic this Spring welcomed Dr. Pinghui Xiao, Senior Lecturer, Law School, Guangzhou University, China, as a visiting scholar. Prior to his current assignments, Xiao worked in the former China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA). He is...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | May 17, 2024
Food loss and waste and food insecurity are parallel issues emerging as some of the greatest food system challenges today. While an estimated one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, more than 735 million people around the world are hungry...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | May 13, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
By Heather Latino, Clinical Instructor 2023 was a momentous year for food waste policy. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its report finding that wasted food decaying in landfills is responsible for an alarming 58% of all municipal landfill...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | May 3, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Boston, MA: May 3, 2024 – Earlier this week, Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow of the Senate Agriculture Committee released a detailed section-by-section proposal for the Farm Bill. The proposal includes several bipartisan food waste provisions...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Apr 24, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic and The Global FoodBanking Network offer comprehensive policy opportunities for national governments FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Boston, MA. (April 24, 2024) – Food loss and waste (FLW) occurs at every stage of the supply...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Apr 16, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, Commentary, Students Speaking On...
By Caitlin Colangelo, FLPC 2L Student On March 19-20, 2024, I attended a Fly-In advocacy event with the Zero Food Waste Coalition (ZFWC) in Washington, DC with another clinical student and a clinic fellow. The goal of the ZFWC is to build momentum on food waste...
