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Meet Nicole.
Nicole Negowetti is an advocate, attorney, educator, and scholar whose groundbreaking work focuses on the laws and policies shaping the agriculture and food system in the U.S. For nearly fifteen years, Nicole has developed, led, and implemented a broad range of federal, state, and local policy initiatives addressing the health, environmental, and economic impacts of the food system, and promoting sustainable, equitable, and healthy food and agricultural production. She has vast experience working with innovative food entrepreneurs, companies, and advocacy organizations in her current role as the Vice President of Policy & Food Systems at the Plant Based Foods Association, the first and only trade association for the plant-based foods industry in the U.S. and the Plant Based Foods Institute, a nonprofit organization that creates opportunities for plant-based food companies and U.S. farmers to increase supply network resiliency and foster a transition to sustainable agriculture. Nicole previously served as the first Policy Director of the Good Food Institute, a nonprofit organization working internationally to accelerate alternative protein innovation.
Nicole is a Visiting Lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, where she teaches Food Law & Regulation and is an adviser to the Friedman School’s Food & Nutrition Innovation Institute, whose mission is to foster a robust, science-driven ecosystem of food, agricultural, and wellness innovation and entrepreneurship for a healthier, equitable, and sustainable food system. Nicole has previously held several academic positions, including Clinical Instructor and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, where she co-led and launched the Animal Law & Policy Clinic and the Food Law & Policy Clinic in the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation.
Nicole is a nationally recognized food law and policy scholar and was awarded the 2017 American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) Professional Scholarship Award and the 2017 Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award. Her interdisciplinary scholarship has explored issues at the intersection of agriculture, animal, food, and environmental law, such as animal welfare standards in the organic program, food labeling, Ag-Gag laws, environmental regulation and agriculture, and the regulation of genetically engineered salmon. In each of her roles, Nicole has advocated for U.S. agricultural policies that reflect the long-term needs of our society, including economic opportunity, public health and nutrition, environmental stewardship, fair access, and equal protection.
As a co-founder and former Vice-Chair of the Northwest Indiana (NWI) Food Council, she brought together a diverse task force to create a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a just, thriving, and regenerative food system for all.
Nicole has presented her innovative scholarship and work to the Food & Drug Administration, and to academic and industry audiences at conferences hosted by Harvard University, Harvard Law School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Tufts University, Columbia University, Yale University, and the Food and Drug Law Institute, among others.