Harvard Law & Policy Review

Archives for December 2015

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What Do Federal Food Waste Reduction Goals Mean for Food Recovery?

By Lauren Cecilia Ojeda Behgam* In September of 2015, the USDA and EPA announced an ambitious goal of reducing food waste in the United States by 50% by 2030. This announcement arrives in the midst of increasing conversations about the expansive challenge of lost, wasted and uneaten food in our industrialized food system. To put this challenge into perspective, an estimated 40% of food is wasted in the United States. Cutting this waste in half would amount to 66.5 billion pounds of food …

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HLPR Student Note Competition Submissions Due January 8

HLPR is seeking submissions for its Student Note Competition, to be published in Vol. 10.2 in summer 2016. We are seeking policy-oriented pieces that are 4,000–13,000 words, shorter in length than a typical journal article. The deadline for submissions for the Summer 2016 issue is Friday, January 8th. Submissions should be sent to HarvardLPRSubmissions@gmail.com with the subject line "Student Note Competition." The title of your submission should include your name. Do not include your name in …

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Working Together: Improving Accountability & College Access

By Julie Bachur Gopalan and Allison Wallace, CollegeSpring* Increasing the educational and professional prospects of low-income students is one of the most pressing social justice issues of our time. The Lumina Foundation estimates that over two-thirds of all U.S. jobs will require a postsecondary degree by 2018. Yet, only 9% of students in the bottom income quartile will earn a bachelor’s degree by the time they are twenty-four, compared to 77% of students in the top income quartile. Without …

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Market-Hungry Farmers and Food Industry Businesses: Recognizing Summer Meals for Kids as Economic Development Opportunity

By Maureen Berner* What if we could tackle childhood hunger, develop local businesses, and create community jobs in the summer at the same time? There are millions of dollars in local food system sales being left on table, and millions of children who could be served by an established program, if we can only figure out a local meal distribution system that works. The United States has had inter-governmental programs to feed hungry children when school is out for the summer since 1968 – …

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