Repast

The Resnick Center
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Repast

A food law and policy podcast from the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy at UCLA Law. Each month we interview a thought leader in the field of food law and policy to discuss past achievements, current developments, and future challenges.

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    Not Even Customer Service Knows: Discussing the disclosure of animal-derived ingredients on package labels with Amanda Howell

    This month on Repast Michael and Diana talk with Amanda Howell, managing attorney at the Animal Legal Defense Fund. They discuss a recent petition by the ALDF to the FDA urging the FDA require the disclosure of animal-derived ingredients on package labels, along with other work the ALDF is doing right now. Amanda Howell is a managing attorney at ALDF. Michael T. Roberts is the Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law. Diana Winters is...

    31 min

  2. SEP 17

    All Chocolate is Not Sweet: A Conversation with Catherine Sweetser

    In this episode, Michael and Diana talk with Catherine Sweetser, Deputy Director of the Promise Institute for Human Rights and the Director of the Human Rights Litigation Clinic at UCLA Law. Here, Professor Sweetser discusses her work against slavery and human trafficking in the global food supply chain, particularly in the context of chocolate production, the U.S. Supreme Court case Nestle USA Inc. v. Doe (2021), and how lawyers, advocates, and students can make a difference in this area.Cat...

    33 min

  3. AUG 5

    Milk – does it do a body good? A discussion of the politics of U.S. food law and policy with Andrea Freeman

    This month, Repast welcomes Southwestern Law School Professor Andrea Freeman to discuss her book, Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch, published by Macmillan Publishers in July 2024. This book describes and analyzes how food is used by the U.S. as a tool of colonization and oppression and discusses some avenues to alter this trajectory. Here, Diana, Michael, and Professor Freeman discuss her theory of fo...

    32 min

  4. MAY 2

    Who Isn't Happy After a Good Meal? Austin Frerick and the Corruption of the Food Industry

    Our guest at Repast this month is Austin Frerick, author, and expert on agricultural and antitrust policy, talking with us about his new book, Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry (March 2024). In Barons, Frerick depicts the structure of the American food system by telling the story of seven food industry tycoons, delving into the monopolization of the food system and the resulting corruption. Here, Austin, Michael, and Diana discuss the problems wit...

    33 min

  5. MAR 1

    Endangered Eating with Sarah Lohman

    This month, Repast welcomes Sarah Lohman, culinary historian, author, and speaker, about her new book, Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods. In this book, a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, a Food & Wine Best Book of 2023, and an Eater Best Food Book, Fall 2023, Lohman explores the history and present of certain ingredients from the Ark of Taste, a list put together by Slow Food of important regional foods. She is also the author of Eight Flavors: The Untold...

    41 min

  6. 11/28/2023

    Getting a Full Stomach of Information with Professor Xaq Frohlich

    In this episode of Repast, Michael and Diana were delighted to talk with Xaq Frohlich, Professor of History at Auburn University and author of From Label to Table: Regulating Food in the Information Age, recently published by the University of California Press. From Label to Table is a fascinating dive into the historical development of the food label from a multi-faceted perspective. Michael, Diana, and Xaq discuss the historical development of the label, the use of information in regulation...

    41 min

  7. 11/01/2023

    Get on the Bus with USDA’s Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity, Dr. Caree Cotwright

    In this episode of Repast, Michael and Diana welcome Dr. Caree Cotwright, the Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity for the Food and Nutrition Service, USDA. In her role at USDA, Dr. Cotwright leads a whole-of-department approach at USDA to advance food and nutrition security, which is one of USDA Secretary Vilsacks five core priorities. Dr. Cotwright is on leave from her position as an associate professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the College of Fami...

    30 min

  8. 09/20/2023

    Talking About Turmeric (and Food Fraud) with Wudan Yan

    Today on Repast, Michael and Diana talk with Wudan Yan, an award-winning narrative journalist covering science and society, about an article she published in July of this year about lead-tainted turmeric. In this article, Wudan looked at the Bangladesh supply chain for turmeric to discuss turmeric adulteration, the battle against this adulteration, and confronting food fraud more broadly. Michael, Diana, and Wudan discuss the article, Wudan’s process, and the complex problem of fo...

    39 min
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A food law and policy podcast from the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy at UCLA Law. Each month we interview a thought leader in the field of food law and policy to discuss past achievements, current developments, and future challenges.

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  • Creator
    The Resnick Center
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Repast
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