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This Friday: Transparency in the Global Food System

Transparency in the Global Food System: How Much Information and to What Ends? October 24-25, 2014 UCLA Faculty Center 480 Charles Young Drive Los Angeles, CA Every day brings increasing media coverage, intensified citizen concern and political focus to the problems of our food system, accompanied by a building consensus on the need to address the…

groceries_aisleTransparency in the Global Food System: How Much Information and to What Ends?

October 24-25, 2014

UCLA Faculty Center
480 Charles Young Drive
Los Angeles, CA

Every day brings increasing media coverage, intensified citizen concern and political focus to the problems of our food system, accompanied by a building consensus on the need to address the known challenges.  But, the factors shaping our current food system and their implications are often opaque and difficult to analyze, due to both the complexity and lack of transparency in our system. This conference will examine these issues: the meaning of transparency in food law and policy, how consumers use and misuse information about the food system, and the limits of information as a policy tool.

Dr. David A. Kessler, former Commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration and currently a Professor at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School, will deliver the conference keynote address on October 24th. In addition, as part of UCLA Food Day events, a screening and panel discussion of the documentary Food Chains will be held in the evening following the conference.  Closing the event, an academic workshop will be held on Saturday, October 25th to discuss the future of food law teaching and scholarship.

For the full conference agenda and registration, click here

Registration Fees:

  • $0 – UCLA School of Law students, Harvard Law School students, and faculty members from all universities may register for free (a valid university email address must be used when registering)
  • $10 – students not currently enrolled at UCLA School of Law or Harvard Law School (a valid university email address must be used when registering)
  • $35 – alumni, professionals, public