by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 7, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
by Hadassah Patterson· Originally published in Modern Farmer on October 4, 2024. Ismail Samad is no stranger to hospitality. The East Cleveland, Ohio, native began his first foray into restaurant co-ownership at the age of 23, and in 20 years, he has worked his way...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 3, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, Commentary, Students Speaking On...
By Isabel Yin, FLPC Fall 2024 Student On July 18, California’s legislature filed AJR 10, a resolution advocating for the federal government to enact the Food Date Labeling Act of 2023 (FDLA), with the Secretary of State. The resolution cited several statistics that...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 30, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
B Tina Deines. Originally published in The Cool Down on September 27, 2024 Food banks across the world are rescuing food from farmers before it gets thrown out, helping people in need and reducing planet-warming pollution. Scientific American summarized The...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 30, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
Originally published in Food Tank. During a Summit hosted by Food Tank and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) during Climate Week NYC, panelists connected the dots between ecosystem health, food waste, and policy levers that can be utilized to protect the...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 29, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2024 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) —The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) and Foodbank Vietnam (FBVN) have identified key policies that can help Vietnam reduce levels of food...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 23, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, News
By Frida Garza. Originally published in Grist on September 16, 2024. An international team of researchers found that global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, rose faster than ever in the three years ending in 2022. In a new report from the...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 12, 2024 | Food Law & Policy, Commentary
Clinical Fellow Tori Oto rounded up her two-year fellowship at the Food Law and Policy Clinic in June. Tori joined the FLPC after earning her JD from Harvard Law School, and her fellowship focused on domestic food waste policy advocacy. We caught up with Tori...
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...
