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37 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 1 (2014-2015)

handle is hein.journals/wnelr37 and id is 1 raw text is: CHRIS ERCHULL 518115 11:28 AM WESTERN NEW ENGLAND LAW REVIEW Volume 37 2014-2015 Issue 1 ARTICLES AN ALTERNATIVE FOOD POLICY CHRIS ERCHULL, ESQ.* INTRODUCTION This paper proposes that the public health benefits of a new food policy' justify federal funding for food policy councils2 at the state, regional, and municipal levels. The new policy should connect consumers with affordable, fresh, and healthy food3 while encouraging producers to use sustainable farming practices.4 A close look at recent policy efforts in New York City to improve public health through paternalistic restrictions illustrates important lessons for policy advocates who must strive to gather broad public support in order to implement effective policy.5 A new food policy movement has the * J.D. 2014, Western New England University School of Law. Many thanks to Professor Julie Steiner for her support and encouragement. I am also indebted to the editors and staff of the Western New England Law Review for editing my work. 1. The term new is used only to imply that the federal government has never before approached food policy in the mamer discussed in this article. The ideas discussed here are not new to the advocates who have been fighting to change food policy for a long time. 2. A food policy council is an organization of citizens and representatives from a community who collaborate on mutually beneficial solutions to food system problems. Christina DiLisio, Food Policy Councils: Helping Local Regional, and State Governments Address Food System Challenges, AM. PLAN. ASS'N 1 (2011), http://www.iufn.org/wp- content/uploads/2013/08/APA-2011 -Food-policy-councils.pdf. 3. See generally Tess Feldman, Re-Stocking the Shelves: Policies and Programs Growing in Food Deserts, 16 LOY. PUB. INT. L. REP. 38 (2010) (describing the problem of food deserts and the effect on public health caused by a lack of access to fresh and healthy foods). 4. See generally Gail Feenstra et al., What is Sustainable Agriculture?, in FOOD, FARMING, AND SUSTAINABILITY: READINGS IN AGRICULTURAL LAW 30, 31 (Susan A. Schneider ed., 2011) (Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity.). 5. See infra Part II, notes 22-61, and accompanying text.

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