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CAFS is Hiring: Legal and Policy Fellow
The Legal and Policy Fellow conducts research, supervises students, and develops legal and policy resources that provide approachable information to individuals and entities, including farmers, ranchers, and other food producers, as well as technical assistance and service providers, food system stakeholders, local governments, and other supporting organizations.
New HFPP Guide Focuses on Distributor Contracts to Help Procurement Teams Buy More Local Food
A guide from the Healthy Food Policy Project explores options for public sector procurement teams to adjust their contracts with food distributors to support local food goals.
New Resource Launch: State Farm to School Policy Handbook and Database: 2002-2023
Produced in partnership with the National Farm to School Network, the updated Handbook summarizes and analyzes every farm to school legislation introduced between 2002 and 2023, across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories.
Laurie Beyranevand Awarded Pescosolido Professorship of Food and Agricultural Law and Policy
Vermont Law and Graduate School awarded CAFS Director with its first named professorship.
Center for Agriculture and Food Systems
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