Samantha Fairbanks is a student at the University of Maryland Francis K. Carey School of Law. Mariah Campbell is a student at the University of Maryland College Park. They are both guest contributors to this blog. Increased levels of greenhouse gasses (GHG), namely carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere is projected to have devastating impacts on the agricultural industry. This may…
Asha McElroy is a Master of Public Health student at The University of Michigan and summer intern with the HLS Food Law & Policy Clinic. She is a guest contributor on the blog. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) provides funding to land-grant universities teaching the next generation of leaders in agriculture,…
Brooke Christy is a rising 3L at University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a guest contributor to this blog. When we recognize the contributions that colleges and universities have made in the agricultural sector, special thanks must be given to land-grant institutions. Land-grant institutions were created by Congress with the mission of democratizing agricultural education for the working class….
Gita Connolly is a law student at the University of Wisconsin Law School and a summer intern with the HLS Food Law & Policy Clinic. She is a guest contributor to this blog. Farmworkers endure more than a garden variety of challenges and exploitative practices while on the job: wage theft, occupational hazards, inadequate housing, and labor violations, to name a…
Samantha Fairbanks and Alex Sadzewicz are students at the University of Maryland Francis K. Carey School of Law. Nathan McMullen and Mariah Campbell are students at the University of Maryland College Park. They are all guest contributors to this blog. School may be out for summer, but Congress is busy with hearings related to the 2023 Farm Bill. This post…
Oscar Heanue is a recent law graduate and student in the Harvard Law School Food Law & Policy Clinic. He is a guest contributor to this blog. For most, the term “farm” likely conjures images of rolling fields of grain or livestock grazing in a pasture. For some, the term may bring to mind grimmer images of factory farms overstuffed…
Asha McElroy is a Master of Public Health student at The University of Michigan and summer intern with the HLS Food Law & Policy Clinic. She is a guest contributor on the blog. In preparation for the 2023 Farm Bill, the House Agriculture Committee is hosting a series of hearings focused on reviewing various titles of the 2018 Farm Bill….
Jean Shen is a law student in the Harvard Law School Food Law & Policy Clinic and a guest contributor to this blog. Exposure to pesticides is an inescapable reality that endangers the health of not only farmworkers, but also their children and families. Over 1 billion pounds of pesticides are applied to crops each year in the United States—as…
Two current big ticket legislative bills – the infrastructure bill and Build Back Better – contain numerous provisions funding conservation and climate-related initiatives that would impact programs within the farm bill. These programs include forest management programs, climate adaptation initiatives, and Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) working lands programs. While the infrastructure bill’s overlap with the farm bill’s environmental programs…
Vrushab Gowda is a law student in the Harvard Law School Food Law & Policy Clinic and guest contributor on this blog. In a matter of months, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has thrust telehealth into the national limelight. It has proven indispensable in delivering virtual care to patients across the country, particularly in low-resource settings across rural America. In…