Cultivating Connections with the Journal of Food Law and Policy's Editor-in-Chief, Mary Eichenberger

Today, Repast welcomes Mary Eichenberger, the new Editor-in-Chief of the University of Arkansas School of Law’s Journal of Food Law & Policy (JFLP). Here, Michael, Diana, and Mary discuss the background of this seminal journal, its history of publishing crucial food law and policy scholarship, and her plans for its future. 

Mary Eichenberger is from Clarksville, Arkansas where she grew up on her family’s cattle farm. She is a 3L student at the University of Arkansas School of Law and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Food Law & Policy. While in law school, Mary has served on the executive board for the Food & Ag Law Society and the Rural Law Association. She graduated from the University of Arkansas in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business and minors in legal studies and southern studies. Mary currently works as a Research Fellow at the National Agricultural Law Center. After law school, Mary plans to pursue a career in agricultural and food law with an emphasis on policy. In her free time, she enjoys reading, baking, and spending time outdoors.

Diana Winters is the Deputy Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law.

Michael T. Roberts is the Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA Law.

You can find a link to the JFLP here.

You can find the JFLP’s LinkedIn here.

The JFLP is on Instagram at @arkansas_foodlawandpolicy.

As always, you can send questions or comments to Diana Winters at winters@law.ucla.edu.