The Need for Racial Justice within Land-Grant Colleges and Universities

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….

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Recent Senate and House Farm Bill Hearings on Arkansas, Nutrition, Climate, Dairy, and Data Regulation

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…

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Flexing Our Mussels: The Benefits of American Shellfish Aquaculture and How the Farm Bill Can Help Promote It

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…

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Protecting Farmworkers and Their Families: Pesticide Exposure and Childhood Asthma

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…

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