Food Law and Policy Clinic Harvard Law School
Food Loss and Waste Policy Hub Website
Scope of Project
- Content Strategy
- Web Design
- Website Care
The Challenge
The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) needed a centralized, accessible way to showcase their extensive work on food loss and waste (FLW). Their existing materials were spread across various initiatives, making it difficult for audiences to grasp the breadth of their leadership in the field or to find key resources. The site needed to serve multiple goals: position FLPC as a thought leader, house diverse content in one place, encourage engagement from partners and funders, and remain flexible for future updates—all while being easy for internal teams to manage.
The Solution
We designed a content-rich, easy-to-navigate website that highlights the breadth of FLPC’s food waste work through FLW and positions FLW as a legal and policy thought leader. The site clearly organizes content by geographic focus and major policy issue areas—prevention, recovery, and recycling—while offering evergreen explanations and project stories. A streamlined resource library, integrated blog, and approachable tone make it accessible to a wide audience. Calls to action and an impact section invite partnership and funding, while the flexible WordPress build ensures long-term maintainability and alignment with accessibility standards.
Design that Reflects the Mission
We extended the FLPC visual identity from the CHLPI website, but gave this microsite a sharper, more contemporary design to better reflect the cutting-edge, global nature of FLW work and differentiate from the other work being done at FLPC in their 3 other policy areas. Keywords like professional, accessible, authoritative, and inclusive guided both tone and visual execution. We also created a lockup logo mark for FLW that gives some distinction of its own while clearly being a part of FLPC.
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Logo Lockup
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Giving Immediate Clarity through Strategic Design
The homepage offers a concise message defining FLW’s role in reducing waste of healthy, wholesome food. Users get an instant view of FLW’s broad impact—globally, nationally, and locally—through clearly organized project pages that tell the story of their work at each level.
Intuitive Content Organization
We created a searchable, filterable resource library built on a custom post type structure. The system supports both internal and external content, and is easy for FLPC staff to update. A Google Translate tool was added to support broader access. To streamline updates and extend reach, we implemented a plugin that automatically pulls FLW-tagged posts from the CHLPI blog into the site. This keeps content fresh without creating duplicate work for the FLPC team.
Impact
A well-designed website has the power to drive real-world impact by making critical information more visible, accessible, and actionable. By clearly presenting FLW’s thought leadership, resources, and global projects, the site empowers policymakers, advocates, and partners to understand and act on food loss and waste issues. Its intuitive structure and engaging design help users quickly find what they need—whether that’s data, legal analysis, or inspiration—ultimately accelerating collaboration, policy change, and the reduction of wasted, nutritious food around the world.
