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Browse 100+ resources on food systems law and policy.
What is Food Policy?
This resource provides an overview of local, state, and federal laws and regulations that impact every sector of the food system.
Topic: Farm Bill, Farmworkers, Healthy Food Access Audience: Community Organizations, Policymakers, ResearchersThe 2023 Farm Bill: FBLE Recommendations Overview
The Farm Bill Law Enterprise undertook a multi-year process identify legislative opportunities to advance shared public values through the farm bill in response to challenges in addressing the climate crisis, strengthening the U.S. food system, advancing equity and racial justice, stabilizing the food sector economy, and improving access to nutritious food. This document provides an overview of FBLE’s 2023 Farm Bill recommendations.
Topic: Farm Bill Audience: Community Organizations, Policymakers, ResearchersEquity in Agricultural Production & Governance
This report identifies ways the farm bill can reform USDA governance, accountability, and farm support systems; land and credit access; and investments in education to promote equity in the sector.
Topic: Farm Bill Audience: Community Organizations, Policymakers, ResearchersFarm Viability
The next farm bill should accelerate progress by addressing the barriers impeding a more diverse and robust rural economy. This report outlines Goals and Recommendations, including specific Legislative and Administrative Opportunities for change, tailored to advancing these objectives in the 2023 Farm Bill.
Topic: Farm Bill Audience: Community Organizations, Policymakers, ResearchersTitle 2: Conservation
This backgrounder surveys the history and evolution of farm bill conservation programs since the 1930s, provides an overview of the Conservation Title of the 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills, and outlines and identifies several key issues that will inform debate as Congress considers conservation reform in the 2024 farm bill.
Topic: Farm Bill Audience: Community Organizations, Policymakers, ResearchersTitle 9: Energy
The purpose of this backgrounder is to outline the history, context, and content of the farm bill’s Energy Title.
Topic: Farm Bill Audience: Community Organizations, Policymakers, ResearchersTitle 6: Rural Development
This backgrounder highlights the history, context, and content of the Farm Bill’s Rural Development Title.
Topic: Farm Bill Audience: Community Organizations, Policymakers, ResearchersProductivity and Risk Management
This report sets goals and recommendations for the 2018 Farm Bill and explores how commodities, conservation, and crop insurance policy can support broader notions of productivity and risk management that prioritize farmer livelihoods and long-term health of natural resources.