Food systems are complex and identification of appropriate policy changes to improve the food system in your community can seem daunting. Learn about the legal, regulatory and administrative levers that your food policy council can pull to achieve effective changes in you community. The CLF welcomes Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic to share their expertise on the legal concepts surrounding local food systems. Learn about an upcoming release of the updated Good Laws, Good Food: Putting Local Food Policy to Work for Our Communities toolkit (originally published in 2012) and explore emerging food policy issues being addressed by food policy councils across the nation. This event is co-sponorsed by Chesapeake Foodshed Network.
Featured Speakers:
Emily Broad Leib
Director of Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic
Ona Balkus
Senior Clinical Fellow at Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic