Our goal is to be a resource to a wide range of audiences impacted by and intersecting with food systems and food policy. In this section of our site, you will find reports, articles, info graphics, and commentary--both from our center and the many other institutions and organizations working in food policy. Sharing insight is a core ethos of our center because we believe that only by working together can we achieve an equitable and sustainable global food systems that advanced human health while protecting the planet.
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Anteproyecto de Ley – Reducción de Desperdicios de Alimentos en Panamá
Una ley de reducción de desperdicio de alimentos en Panamá ayudaría a mitigar tanto la inseguridad alimentaria como las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. El objetivo de dicho marco legal es formalizar prácticas de manejo de desperdicios de alimentos que traigan beneficios económicos para las empresas al igual que ampliar el alcance de las donaciones de comida para reducir la inseguridad alimentaria en todo el país.
Food waste legislation in the context of Panama
A successful food waste law for Panama would help to mitigate both food insecurity and greenhouse gas emissions. The goal for such a food waste legal framework is to formalize economically advantageous food-waste management practices for businesses and to increase the scope of food donations to reduce food insecurity across the country.
Empowering Eaters: Access, Affordability, Healthy Choices
This report summarizes takeaways from a Summit held in Durham, North Carolina, on March 3, 2024, in support of the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.
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Recent Explainers & Infographics
The Food We Throw Away: What It Means for Climate, Communities, Policies, and the Law
This lecture by Harvard law professor Emily Broad Leib lays out the state of food waste in the U.S. and then focus on systems-level approaches…
An Extension Guide to Alternative Proteins
As a collaborator in the Bezos Center for Alternative Proteins at NC State, we co-developed an extension guide on alternative proteins. Extension guides are publication…
Understanding the Thrift Food Plan: a research summary
This research brief explains the role of the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), a theoretical healthy diet that determines the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit…
Rooted in Relationship: Power & Privilege in Food Systems Conference
This webinar was recorded on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. The webinar focused on how white dominant cultural narratives play out in food insecurity and food access in the United States? The webinar framed ways in which whiteness impacts the food system, based in an historical context of structural racism. We also presented examples of how whiteness fuels power, decision-making, and investment in food systems.
Examining Whiteness in Food Systems Webinar
This event explored how we can move from charitable interventions to a justice-based approach to food systems reform and community development. The Rooted in Relationship event focused on how to shift power and work in support of (not on behalf of) community-rooted organizations working on the health and economic viability of historically marginalized communities. This conference was held on April 21, 2022 at Duke University.