From Principles to Policy: Connecting Planetary Health Values to Agriculture & Food Law
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October 5 from noon-1 pm at the Carey School of Law Room 107
Global and planetary health frameworks champion equity, systems thinking, and interconnected human, animal, and environmental wellbeing. Food and agricultural systems sit at this crossroads — yet coherent governance remains elusive within a contradictory U.S. legal landscape.
Panelists include:
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Amy Sapkota, MPower Professor and Chair of Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health
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Dr. Carlos Faerron Guzmán, associate professor of Global Health, School of Graduate Studies
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William Piermattei, managing director of the Environmental Law program, Carey School of Law
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Megan Todd, managing director and senior research associate in the Agriculture Law Education Initiative, Carey School of Law
The will panel explore key legal tensions reshaping U.S. food systems: Rights of Nature doctrines confronting industrial agriculture; USAID’s retreating food security programs; glyphosate’s national security stakes versus Make America Healthy Again; and legal classifications governing equitable access to clean water and reuse systems. Can planetary health principles work within existing law — or demand something new?