Gina Hervey (she/her) is Stanford Law School’s first Sustainable and Humane Food Systems Legal Fellow. Having grown up on a farm in Northern California, Gina recognized early in life that there are several environmental, social, and economic inequities embedded within our food system. Thus, after graduating from U.C. Berkeley she spent several years working in the agroecology space in the United States and internationally. Recognizing the need for more structural reform, Gina then returned to academia to complete a J.D. in environmental law at Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University (Haub Law) and a Master’s in Environmental Management at Yale School of the Environment.

Prior to her time at Stanford, Gina worked with several food-systems legal nonprofits dedicated to curbing the negative impacts of industrial agriculture while advocating for equitable and resilient alternatives. Most recently, Gina was with the Food and Farm Business Law Center at Haub Law, working directly with farmers navigating complex legal frameworks; and the Center for Food Safety, where she focused her time on pressing impact litigation within the food law realm.

Gina is deeply committed to addressing the urgent need for a more just, resilient, and regenerative food system and is thrilled to have such an opportunity to do so with Stanford Law School.