Katie Kraska is a law student in the HLS Food Law & Policy Clinic and a guest contributor to this blog. Aquaculture is making waves in conversations about the future of farming. The industry now surpasses global production from wild caught fisheries, sparking domestic debate as lawmakers work to reauthorize the farm bill. Encompassing any propagation, breeding, rearing, and harvesting of…
Isabel Yin is a law student in the HLS Food Law & Policy Clinic and a guest contributor to this blog. The Farm, Food, and National Security Act (H.R. 8467)—the House’s version of the new farm bill—has been met with mixed public opinion since its introduction on May 21, 2024. For supporters, H.R. 8467 is “must-pass” legislation to prevent economic instability that…
Josie Dudzik is a PhD candidate in Nutrition and Dietetics at New York University and is a guest contributor to this blog. She was an intern in the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic during the summer of 2024. Background The conservation of aquatic species in the United States is largely regulated by two agencies; the National Oceanic…
Codi Coulter is a law student at Maryland Carey School of Law and guest contributor on this blog. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing March 1 to discuss the 2023 Farm Bill’s conservation and forestry titles. Because agricultural production practices are not one-size-fits-all throughout the United States, a broad theme in the hearing revolved around…
Last week, the House Agriculture Committee passed a pock-marked, micro-legislated Farm Bill along strict party lines. It’s a shameful goody bag of legislative delights for a few that comes at the expense of the majority of the American people. Some lowlights: The bill holds our hungriest Americans hostage by conditioning SNAP benefits (food stamps) on job training (what kind of…