Keywords
Right to Food movement (RtF), human rights, international law, food availability, equity, food-rights work, food security, food advocacy, Maine
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The people of Maine recently exercised an opportunity no citizen of this country has ever had before: the ability to vote on whether to enshrine a right to food in their state constitution. This Essay provides an overview of Maine’s experience with food rights in order to explain how the state came to occupy this unique position.
Recommended Citation
Heipt, W. (2022). The Right to Food Comes to America. Journal of Food Law & Policy, 17(2). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jflp/vol17/iss2/5
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