The Global Food Donation Policy Atlas

Wasting Less, Feeding More

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The Global Foodbanking Network (GFN) and Harvard’s Food Law Policy Clinic (FLPC) partnered together to create an atlas of food donation and food waste prevention laws and policy across the globe. The Atlas is a go-to resource for policy-makers and academics who want to promote better food waste prevention policies in their countries or locales.

Services

Web Strategy, Web Design, Web Development

Problem

GFN and Harvard had a big idea: an online atlas of food donation and food waste laws worldwide. It was a massive project with tons of complex data, but they needed it done fast—like, three months fast. On top of that, they wanted the atlas to blend elements from both of their brands without looking like a mashup. The real challenge? Making all that info easy to navigate and understand so policymakers and researchers could actually use it.

Our Approach

We hit the ground running with a streamlined discovery workshop to get the essentials without the usual lengthy process. Our team sketched out a simple, user-friendly sitemap to help people find the info they need quickly. For the look and feel, we pulled in just the right touches from both brands to make the Atlas feel like a unified project. The star of the show? An interactive map that lets users explore country-specific policies, complete with a sidebar for quick highlights and a list view for more detail. In the end, we built a resource that’s not only informative but easy (and fun) to use.

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A Streamlined Approach

The Atlas needed to be launched within 3 months for an event. Our team condensed our robust discovery and research process into a single, comprehensive Discovery workshop with key stakeholders. We were able to gather the most foundational information needed to propose a basic web strategy and move quickly into design.

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Crafting a Compelling Story

Naturally, the Atlas includes a lot of long-form content. From policy recommendations to country reports, the Atlas needed a way to organize an overwhelming amount of information in a digestible way. Using the insights from the Discovery workshop, we proposed simplified messaging and an easy-to-navigate sitemap.

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Designing a Go-To Resource

We designed the look and feel of the website to position the Atlas as a reliable and easy-to-understand source for global food donation policy research and recommendations.

Researching Maps

A key feature of the Atlas is an interactive policy map, detailing the food law policies of different countries around the globe. Our strategy and design teams did extensive research into other interactive maps. We compared and contrastead specific features and functionalities. We also worked with our development team to understand what was possible to create within the project’s short timeline.

Designing an Interactive Map

Armed with our research, we designed a clean and modern map with a responsive information sidebar. The sidebar was structured to highlight the most important policy takeaways of each country and links the user to a more detailed country profile. We also created a secondary “list” view of the country data, offering a different way to digest information.

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Reckless

Primary typeface with a bold and expressive look, combining classic elegance with a modern edge. Ideal for high-impact, attention-grabbing designs.

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Euclid Circular A

Secondary typeface that is clean and geometric, balancing modern minimalism with subtle warmth. Perfect for versatile and contemporary designs.

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Building a Blended Brand

The color palette and typography were intentionally selected to blend the GFN and the Harvard brands to make the Atlas feel like a unified project with ties to each institution.

Thank you so much for helping us create the Atlas site in order to make this research more accessible to policymakers around the world!

The Global Foodbanking Network

Micaela Wu, Strategic Communications Coordinator

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