Jayce Jimenez is a law student in the HLS Food Law & Policy Clinic and a guest contributor to this blog. What comes to mind when you think of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)? As the name suggests, the IRA was aimed at curbing rapid inflation that occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the IRA is additionally and,…
James Wyche is a law student in the HLS Food Law & Policy Clinic and a guest contributor to this blog. America’s Digital Evolution America’s development from an agrarian country to one of increasing technological sophistication has engendered fundamental economic and social changes. Since the dawn of the age of the internet near the end of the 20th century, society’s reliance…
Camden Smithtro is a Program Coordinator in the Pace Food Law Center and a guest contributor to this blog. Three marker bills — the LAST ACRE Act, the ReConnecting Rural America Act (RRAA) and the Rural Internet Improvement Act (RIIA) — are in contention to define the focus of rural broadband programs in the upcoming Farm Bill. Each program is…
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…
Katie Smith is a law student at NYU School of Law and guest contributor on this blog. COVID-19 is forcing the United States to become an even more internet-dependent society, and rural and Tribal communities are increasingly being left behind. As of 2016, over 30% of rural Americans and over 35% of Americans living on Tribal lands did not have…