This past weekend California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 954, a bill encouraging food manufacturers, processors, and retailers responsible for the labeling of food products to use standard phrases to communicate quality and safety dates. The Harvard Law School Food […]
Written by Natalia Szeremeta, Food Law and Policy Clinic intern and Boston University student. 38 million – that’s how many additional people are suffering from hunger since 2016. Recently, the United Nations (UN) released a report entitled The State of […]
Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (AB 1219), introduced by Assembly Member Susan Eggman (D-Stockton), which expands the state’s liability protections for food donations. The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) has […]
Written by Andrew Norkiewicz, Summer 2017 intern in the Food Law and Policy Clinic. When it comes to building a more food-secure future, we could probably all use some more education. Luckily, House of Representative member David Scott (D-GA) proposed a […]
The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) is thrilled that the Consumer Goods Forum, a network of 400 of the largest food and consumer goods companies worldwide, has adopted a new Call to Action asking food retailers and […]
Tuesday, October 03, 2017 | 12-1PM | WCC 1010, Harvard Law School Join Larry Levitt for a talk about the future of the Affordable Care Act and health care in America. Larry Levitt is Senior Vice President for Special Initiatives at the Kaiser Family […]
Originally published on NRDC’s blog on September 25, 2017. Written by Andrea Spacht, Sustainable Food Systems Specialist, Food & Agriculture program at Natural Resources Defense Council. Once again, California is leading the charge on sustainability solutions. Sitting on the Governor’s desk are […]
Written by Eliza Pan, Summer 2017 intern in the Food Law and Policy Clinic. While “farming” may still evoke pastoral images for many Americans, modern agriculture has become increasingly data-driven in the last decade. Since Monsanto’s approximately $1-billion acquisition […]
Originally published by Health Affairs Blog on September 11, 2017. Written by Heather Pearson, 2017 Summer intern in the Health Law and Policy Clinic, and Landon Hughes. As transgender people become increasingly visible, so have the challenges they face in our health care […]
Paula Fernandez-Wulff is a Visiting Researcher in the Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), invited by FLPC Director Emily Broad Leib and with the generous support of a Fulbright-Schuman fellowship. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at the Institute for […]
