Be Brave Today: Robyn Huey Lao and Melissa Deng talk about the passage of the Allergen Disclosure for Dining Experiences Bill

Be Brave Today: Robyn Huey Lao and Melissa Deng talk about the passage of the Allergen Disclosure for Dining Experiences Bill

This month Diana is in discussion with UCLA Law student Melissa Deng and Robyn Huey Lao, an allergy mom advocate and pediatric nurse practitioner, about Robyn’s journey to shepherd California Senate Bill 68, the Allergen Disclosure for Dining Experiences, to passage.  She explains how she was inspired by her nine-year-old daughter, Addie, and how their love of food inspired this bill. The three talk about building coalitions, the process of introducing bills to the legislature, and the importance of legal research. Melissa also explains her work at UCLA on restaurant training for food allergens.   You can find Robyn’s website, Addie Tells All, here [https://www.addietellsall.com/]. You can follow her on Instagram at @AddieTellsAll You can find the law review article, Fearless Dining: Mandating Universal Allergen Disclosures on Restaurant Menus, that started Robyn thinking here [https://www.californialawreview.org/print/fearless-dining].   You can find Melissa Deng on LinkedIn here [https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-deng/].   Diana Winters [https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/diana-r-h-winters]is the Deputy Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law.

Discussing the Hidden History of the Farm Bill with Professor Lingxi Chenyang

In this episode, Diana and Michael are joined by Professor Lingxi Chenyang to discuss her article, “Food Antidemocracy,” forthcoming in the Southern California Law Review. In this article, Professor Chenyang looks at the Farm Bill’s hidden history, delving into the antidemocratic techniques that were used to initially pass this law and tracing some of the major problems in our modern food system to this history. “Food Antidemocracy” is a fascinating look at the underpinning of the American food system.   Professor Chenyang [https://www.law.utah.edu/faculty-directory/lingxi-chenyang/] is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law.   Michael T. Roberts [https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/michael-t-roberts] is the Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law.    Diana Winters [https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/diana-r-h-winters]is the Deputy Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law.   You can find “Food Antidemocracy” here [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4920132].    You can see Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” photograph here [https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/migrant-mother-by-dorothea-lange].

Listen to the Youth! Discussing the World Food Forum with Juliet Cushing and Amanda Mrad

In this month’s episode, Michael and Diana talk with Amanda Mrad and Juliet Cushing, two UCLA students who are involved with the World Food Forum and who participated in its annual flagship event at FAO headquarters in Rome this October. Juliet Cushing is a clinical researcher with the UCLA Department of General Internal Medicine, working on diabetes prevention and chronic disease management. Juliet graduated from UCLA with a degree in Human Biology and Society, and a minor in Food Studies. Amanda Mrad is a double Bruin, holding a degree in physiology and food studies and currently pursuing an MLS degree, specializing in food law. She is also currently interning at the FAO headquarters, where she works within the Office of Youth and Women, home to the World Food Forum.  Diana Winters [https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/diana-r-h-winters]is the Deputy Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law. Michael T. Roberts [https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/michael-t-roberts] is the Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law. Some relevant links are here: World Food Forum [https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyouth.world-food-forum.org%2Fen&data=05%7C02%7Cwinters%40law.ucla.edu%7Cf528c2a5436944d4349b08de1ba4c0df%7Ce10a3d0fa4fc479d9a50c35e3f9e9bb5%7C0%7C0%7C638978591605824455%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fN3zW99vatw4%2FZXLm%2BTi%2FZ6Ua1gPn5qYMh6aqSk03TI%3D&reserved=0] (WFF) Join a WFF National Youth Chapter  [https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyouth.world-food-forum.org%2Flocal-action%2Fnational-chapters%2Fform%2Fen&data=05%7C02%7Cwinters%40law.ucla.edu%7Cf528c2a5436944d4349b08de1ba4c0df%7Ce10a3d0fa4fc479d9a50c35e3f9e9bb5%7C0%7C0%7C638978591605845873%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Bg4%2BCEPEYviEGNjlhHWYbxInSFBRHKBBwhtsfkjyshg%3D&reserved=0] UCLA Teaching Kitchen [https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffitwell.recreation.ucla.edu%2Ffacilities%2Fteachingkitchen&data=05%7C02%7Cwinters%40law.ucla.edu%7Cf528c2a5436944d4349b08de1ba4c0df%7Ce10a3d0fa4fc479d9a50c35e3f9e9bb5%7C0%7C0%7C638978591605865209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=nFJmMj7e%2F3M3uFZWJKeagrwDMRLEfDeZCv41Qr%2FXTts%3D&reserved=0]   UCLA MLS Program [https://law.ucla.edu/academics/programs/master-legal-studies] As always, you can send questions or comments to Diana Winters at winters@law.ucla.edu [winters@law.ucla.edu].

Cultivating Connections with the Journal of Food Law and Policy's Editor-in-Chief, Mary Eichenberger

Today, Repast welcomes Mary Eichenberger, the new Editor-in-Chief of the University of Arkansas School of Law’s Journal of Food Law & Policy (JFLP). Here, Michael, Diana, and Mary discuss the background of this seminal journal, its history of publishing crucial food law and policy scholarship, and her plans for its future.  Mary Eichenberger is from Clarksville, Arkansas where she grew up on her family’s cattle farm. She is a 3L student at the University of Arkansas School of Law and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Food Law & Policy. While in law school, Mary has served on the executive board for the Food & Ag Law Society and the Rural Law Association. She graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business and minors in legal studies and southern studies. Mary currently works as a Research Fellow at the National Agricultural Law Center. After law school, Mary plans to pursue a career in agricultural and food law with an emphasis on policy. In her free time, she enjoys reading, baking, and spending time outdoors. Diana Winters [https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/diana-r-h-winters]is the Deputy Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law. Michael T. Roberts [https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/michael-t-roberts] is the Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law.   You can find a link to the JFLP here [https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flaw.uark.edu%2Fjflp%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cwinters%40law.ucla.edu%7C18e633a729f047a8d4a008dde0f37ca9%7Ce10a3d0fa4fc479d9a50c35e3f9e9bb5%7C0%7C0%7C638914058583835378%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JkajzzwfZ%2BNnkQwODUIK95ukv2OjRpHgQrpIuGLMa50%3D&reserved=0]. You can find the JFLP’s LinkedIn here [https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Farkansas-journal-of-food-law-policy%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cwinters%40law.ucla.edu%7C18e633a729f047a8d4a008dde0f37ca9%7Ce10a3d0fa4fc479d9a50c35e3f9e9bb5%7C0%7C0%7C638914058583871680%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BI859uN68JknPUNbIkM3htPF6fBexwU2KFwV4Az7Tgs%3D&reserved=0]. The JFLP is on Instagram at @arkansas_foodlawandpolicy. As always, you can send questions or comments to Diana Winters at winters@law.ucla.edu [winters@law.ucla.edu].

Is This Still Good? Discussing Date Labeling with Emily Broad Leib and Akif Khan

In this episode of Repast, Michael and Diana host Emily Broad Leib [https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/emily-m-broad-leib/], Clinical Professor of Law, Director of Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, and Founding Director of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), and Akif Khan [https://chlpi.org/about-us/staff/akif-khan/], Clinical Fellow at the FLPC. They discuss the FLPC’s long history of working on food waste and food date labeling, and a comment the FLPC recently submitted in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Request for Information on Food Date Labeling, drafted by Akif.   Michael T. Roberts [https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/michael-t-roberts] is the Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy at UCLA Law. Diana Winters [https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/diana-r-h-winters]is the Deputy Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law.   The link to the FLPC’s comment is here [https://chlpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FLPC-Food-Date-Labeling-RFI-Comment.pdf]. The link to the Zero Food Waste Coalition comment is here [https://zerofoodwastecoalition.org/pdfs/ZFWC%20RFI%20Date%20Labeling%20Comment.pdf]. You can find the FLPC’s Food Loss and Waste Policy Hub here [https://foodwastepolicyhub.org/].