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C�sar Ch�vez & the United Farm Workers: A Basic Bibliography

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My bibliography for C�sar Ch�vez & the United Farm Workers is here .  Luis Gonz�lez�s Hasta La Victoria Siempre , c/s (1975) �Humor and kinship among veterans led members of the Rebel Chicano Air Front to adopt the ironic name of the Royal Chicano Air Force after their acronym�RCAF�was misidentified with the Canadian military. Operating out of their Sacramento, California headquarters (the Centro de Artistas Chicanos ), they organized community programs, designed murals, and printed posters in support of the United Farm Workers Union . This collaborative spirit shines in Hasta La Victoria Siempre, c/s , a print by Luis (or Louie �the Foot� Gonz�lez), based on his brother H�ctor�s photograph of a United Farm Workers pro-labor rally. Interested in concrete poetry, Luis Gonz�lez wove the typed words long live , strike , and tomorrow into a fluid pattern.�

On Golden Rice

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Around the world, between a quarter and half a million children go blind each year as a result of a deficiency in vitamin A and within twelve months, half of them die . G olden Rice was created to tackle this problem, by genetically engineering Vitamin A into the rice grain . It is golden because its vitamin A comes from beta carotene, which also puts the orange in carrots . One of the areas of the world where Golden Rice is designed to be consumed is Asia, where a high proportion of calories are derived from rice consumption, and where vitamin A deficiency is endemic . [�.] T he technology presents itself as a feel-good solution for politicians who�d rather not face the more profound, persistent and difficult questions of politics and distribution . There�s more than enough vitamin A to go around. Half a carrot contains the recommended dose of vitamin A . The plain fact is that the majority of children in the Global South suffer and die not because there is insufficient food, or becau

Request for Article Submissions

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The Journal of Food Law & Policy at the University of Arkansas School of Law is seeking submissions. There may be space for one more article in the Fall publication, offering a quick turn around on publication. That issue will be going to the publisher in December. Articles for the Spring publication can be submitted anytime this semester. Over the years, the Journal student editors and staff have been proud to publish works by some of the most recognized leaders in the food law community.  Last Spring, they celebrated their tenth anniversary with a live-streamed symposium featuring Neil Hamilton, Peter Barton Hutt, Michael Roberts, and myself. Submission can be made by direct delivery via e-mail to foodlaw@uark.edu .  Please include a brief abstract and CV or resume with each submission.