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 […]
Biting the Hands that Feed Us – Book Review
Written by Kristina Ellis , 3L at University of Denver Sturm College of Law and 2018-2019 Co-President I picked up Baylen Linnekin’s book after the 2017 Food Law Student Leadership Summit. I had the pleasure of being in Baylen’s seminar on urban foraging and the law at the Summit. Inspired by his […]
Chasing The Evasive “Food Law Experience”
Written by Teresa Smith, 3L at Lewis & Clark Law School and 2018-2019 FLSN Communications Chair As food law topics gain more and more traction around the country, the obvious question is, now what? How do I learn about the day to day work that is food law and how that kind of […]
Vermont Law School: A Breath of Fresh Air For Food Law Enthusiasts
Written by Talia Ralph, 3L at McGill Law and 2018-2019 FLSN Projects Chair There’s something about staring out the window of your environmental law classroom to see trees, mountains, and sky that really changes your perspective for the better. Or at least, it has changed mine. I was definitely looking for […]
The Jams and Jellies Exception to the Added Sugars Line: A Mountain or a Molehill?
Written by Seth Gitner, 3L at Georgetown, 2017-2018 Student Orgs. Co-Chair In May of 2016 the FDA announced that it would be amending its labeling regulations by updating the nutrition facts panel.[1] One of the updates to the nutrition facts panel is going to be a line for added sugars.[2] […]
2017-2018 FLSN Executive Board Reflections
Want to know what it’s like to be on the FLSN executive board? Check out the following reflections from some of our 2017-2018 executive board members! This past year I served as a Careers Chair on the FLSN Executive Board. One of the primary aims of the Food Law Student […]
Another Semester, Another Chance to Start a Food Law Society
Written by: Rebecca Gobeil, Boston College Law School 3L, 2017-2018 Vice President of FLSN Starting a Food Law organization at a law school is not always easy. While the field of Food and Agriculture law is extremely fascinating and many folks would be interested in it; it is hard to […]