Written by Gordon Merrick, 3L at Vermont Law School and FLSN Co-President A recent announcement by the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) shows just how intersectional our food and energy systems are. Three billion people around the world still depend on cooking stoves fueled by biomass, which poses huge public health issues. […]
Sesame Regulated in Illinois
Written by Emily Yslas, 2L at the University of Wisconsin Law School and FLSN Co-Communications Chair The FDA has identified eight major allergens that are regulated in the United States including wheat, peanuts, eggs, milk, tree nuts, soy, fish, and shellfish. Other countries have these same eight allergens but may […]
New York State to Curb Food Waste
Written by Alicia Stoklosa, 2L at Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and FLSN Co-Communications Chair In April 2019, the New York State Legislature included the state’s first food waste program in the 2020 fiscal year budget. The program is aimed at feeding the hungry and reducing food […]
Remote Opportunities in Food Law
Written by Lauren Thomas, 3L at Texas A&M School of Law and 2018-2019 FLSN Careers Chair As Career Chair for the National Food Law Student Network for the past year and a half, I have seen quite a few remote food law internships and jobs become available to students who are interested […]
Food for Law Week at McGill Law
Written by Talia Ralph, 3L at McGill Law and 2018-2019 FLSN Projects Chair From February 18 to the 22, McGill’s Faculty of Law will be shining the spotlight on food law and policy—and 20 students will be getting course credit for it. The initiative, Food for Law Week, is one of the classes […]
Street vending in Los Angeles, legal at last!
Written by Teresa Smith, 3L at Lewis & Clark Law School and 2018-2019 FLSN Communications Chair Sidewalk vendors have been a vibrant part of the food scene in Los Angeles for decades.[1] Walking down the streets of LA is a visual, audial, and aromatic journey as vendors set up on sidewalks and city […]
The Value of Blockchain in the Food Industry
Written by Ariel Ardura, 3L at Georgetown University Law Center and 2018-2019 FLSN Projects Chair First came Bitcoin, then came spinach and lettuce? As you may have heard, blockchain technology is poised to take over the food industry – Walmart is requiring its spinach and lettuce producers to put their records on a […]
“Natural” Litigation
Written by Christina House, 3L at Thurgood Marshall School of Law and 2018-2019 FLSN Student Organizations Chair This past summer I interned at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. While interning at the court, I had the pleasure of hearing a range of cases, which included facets […]
Goats, Cookies, and Foodborne Illnesses- A Look at Cottage and Raw Foods
Written by Kristina Ellis, 3L at University of Denver – Sturm College of Law and 2018-2019 FLSN Co-President Out in Boulder, Colorado sits small goat farm. Mountain Flower Goat Dairy (the “Dairy”) not only gives tours to tired law students who want to cuddle baby goats, but it also sells […]
South Korea & Food Waste
Written by Lauren Thomas, 3L at Texas A&M School of Law and 2018-2019 Careers Chair This summer I traveled to South Korea to visit a good friend of mine from college and learn about his home country. I stayed at his family’s home in Pocheon, a city north of Seoul. Their home was […]