Three Questions with Emily Broad Leib of Harvard Law School

Via The Daily Meal

Food Tank, in partnership with the George Washington University, is hosting the 1st Annual Food Tank Summit in Washington D.C. on January 21-22, 2015.

This two-day event will feature more than 75 different speakers from the food and agriculture field. Researchers, farmers, chefs, policy makers, government officials, and students will come together for panels on topics including food waste, urban agriculture, family farmers, farm workers, and more.

Food Tank recently had the opportunity to speak with Emily Broad Leib, of Harvard Law School, who will be speaking at the summit.

Food Tank (FT): What will your message be at the Food Tank Summit?

Emily Broad Leib (EBL): I’m going to talk about the role that legal and policy research must play in improving the food system, the importance of collaborating across disciplines to identify innovative new approaches, and one way that we are using a university-wide student challenge to help foster that collaboration and innovation

(FT): How are you contributing to building a better food system?

(EBL): The Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) was established in 2010 to link Harvard Law School students with opportunities to work with clients and communities on various food law and policy issues. The FLPC provides legal advice to nonprofits and government agencies seeking to increase access to healthy foods, prevent diet-related diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and reduce barriers to market entry for small-scale and sustainable food producers, while educating law students about ways to use law and policy to impact the food system. The FLPC engages a strong policy orientation as well as substantive expertise in the food system to assist a range of federal, state, and local clients around the United States—from Massachusetts to Mississippi—in understanding the legal and policy regimes that apply to food production and sales.

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