A Call to Action: The New Academy of Food Law & Policy

The food system is affected by unique and complex laws. These laws call for a new generation of legal practitioners and scholars. This essay announces the creation of the Academy of Food Law and Policy. The Academy creates a network of law professors researching, teaching, and mentoring in food law and policy

Predicting the Future: Our Food System in 2025

It has been inspiring participate in the development of food law and policy as a recognized discipline. Over the last ten years, the Journal of Food Law & Policy and the LL.M. Program in Agricultural & Food Law have each played a significant role in that development. And, the landscape continues to evolve. The impact of changing attitudes toward our food system, environmental challenges, public health concerns and other integrated influences are certain to cause a continued evolution in our food system and the legal system that frames it. My task with this essay is to consider our food system ten years forward. I propose a list of seven projections - not necessarily to describe our food system in 2025 - but to describe the trends that will guide us toward that date

Climate Change, Food Security, and the Myth of Unlimited Abundance

The Biden-Harris White House can be commended for convening the historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health highlighting the critical connections betwee

Who Gets the Check: Determining When Federal Farm Program Payments Are Property of the Bankruptcy Estate

I. Introduction . . . . . 469 II. Characteristics of Federal Farm Programs . . . . . 471 A. Basic Attributes of Federal Farm Programs . . . . . 471 B. Distinguishing Characteristics of Different Types of Farm Programs . . . . . 474 III. Defining Property of the Estate . . . . . 477 IV. Legal or Equitable Interests as of Commencement of the Case . . . . . 479 A. Contractual Obligation . . . . . 480 B. Pre-Petition Statute as Creating Legal or Equitable Interest . . . . . 487 C. Post-Petition Statute: Circuit Courts Draw the Line . . . . . 490 V. Proceeds, Product . . . or Profits of or from Property of the Estate . . . . . 496 VI. Comments and Conclusions . . . . . 50

The Arkansas LL.M. Program: Forty Years of Leadership

The University of Arkansas School of Law has been a leader in agricultural law education for over forty years through its innovative LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law. This essay memorializes the history of this signature Program and charts its progress through the decades as agricultural law issues evolved and the discipline expanded

Who Gets the Check: Determining When Federal Farm Program Payments Are Property of the Bankruptcy Estate

I. Introduction . . . . . 469 II. Characteristics of Federal Farm Programs . . . . . 471 A. Basic Attributes of Federal Farm Programs . . . . . 471 B. Distinguishing Characteristics of Different Types of Farm Programs . . . . . 474 III. Defining Property of the Estate . . . . . 477 IV. Legal or Equitable Interests as of Commencement of the Case . . . . . 479 A. Contractual Obligation . . . . . 480 B. Pre-Petition Statute as Creating Legal or Equitable Interest . . . . . 487 C. Post-Petition Statute: Circuit Courts Draw the Line . . . . . 490 V. Proceeds, Product . . . or Profits of or from Property of the Estate . . . . . 496 VI. Comments and Conclusions . . . . . 50

Climate Change, Food Security, and the Myth of Unlimited Abundance

The Biden-Harris White House can be commended for convening the historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health highlighting the critical connections betwee