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Giving Thanks

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Giving Thanks , Horace Pippin (1942) �Enough is as good as a feast.�� Sir Thomas Malory (d . 1471)  �When you drink water, remember the mountain spring.�� of Chinese provenance �When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.�� of Vietnamese provenance   �Gratitude� in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

UCLA Resnick Program Issues New Report on Food Equity and Law Schools

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The Resnick Program for Food Law & Policy at UCLA School of Law recently released an excellent report, Food Equity, Social Justice, and the Role of Law Schools:  A Call to Action, researched and written by Kim Kessler and Emily Chen. The Report was written as part of the University of California�s Global Food Initiative. This system-wide initiative "challenges campuses to develop solutions for one of the most pressing issues of our time: the 'quest to establish global food security and address related challenges of nutrition and sustainability.'"   Michael T. Roberts  serves as the Director of the Resnick Program. The report articulates the need for law schools to "more visibly and holistically address this pressing societal challenge," and it considers how law schools across the nation are currently addressing the "social, economic, and environmental injustice in our current food system." It highlights the ongoing work within the California