Projects

Rural Workforce Law and Policy Project

Exposing gaps in law and policy that affect the health, safety, and dignity of rural food system workers.

Farmers Market Legal Toolkit

Creating legal resources to support resilient farmers markets.

Healthy Food Policy Project

Identifies and elevates local level policy resources to increase access to fresh and nutritious food.

Blueprint for a National Food Strategy

Examining the need for a cohesive national approach to food systems regulation.

Farmland Access Legal Toolkit

Helping farmers and landowners affordably access, retain, transfer, and conserve farmland.

Food Systems Resilience

Strengthening food and agricultural systems against the impacts of extreme weather and other natural disasters by identifying policy tools and strategies that support long-term, holistic food systems resilience.

Growing Biodiversity

Providing resources to preserve agricultural biodiversity, including beneficial insects and publicly accessible crop varieties.

Institutional Food Procurement Policy Project

Analyzing institutional food purchasing policy to support agricultural livelihoods and the provision of nutritious, responsibly grown, and culturally relevant foods in schools, prisons, and other institutions.

Labels Unwrapped

Enabling consumers to navigate food label laws and make informed food purchasing decisions.

National Gleaning Project

Providing law and policy research for a network of organizations that combat food waste and redistribute food to communities that need it.

Extension Legal Services Initiative

Answering farmers’ and food producers’ pressing legal questions about food safety compliance.

Farm and Energy Initiative

Assessing legal and practical issues at the intersection of energy and agriculture.