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Sustainable Development Law & Policy Volume 9 Issue 1 Fall 2008: Global Food & Agriculture Editors' Note Lisa Novins Addie Haughey Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/sdlp Part of the Agriculture Law Commons, and the Food and Drug Law Commons Recommended Citation Novins, Lisa and Addie Haughey. “Editor’s Note.” Sustainable Development Law & Policy, Fall 2008, 1. This Editor's Note is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington College of Law Journals & Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Sustainable Development Law & Policy by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. For more information, please contact . Article 2 Editors’ Note T he food crisis has been at the forefront of the global consciousness for much of this year. Although food inflation is nothing new, the combination of rising commodities Features: prices, increased fuel costs, greater consumer demand, and shifts from food to energy crops has made the cost of food an issue at every table. The issue brings with it a myriad of questions about not only the cause of rising prices but also how global food and agriculture impacts sustainability, climate change, and individual health and consumption decisions. Our global agricultural system is about much more than the food we eat. On a large scale, it is also about how domestic and international agricultural policies impact our air, water, and soil. On a more local scale, it is also about working landscapes, urban sprawl, and rural livelihoods. And individually, it is about our health, nutrition, and lifestyle choices. Finally, it is about the access and equity necessary for everyone to realize the potential benefits of a thriving and efficient global food and agricultural system. As we considered putting together an SDLP issue on food and agriculture, the wide range of potential topics was striking. We hope to provide a broad overview of some of these issues 12 | The Real Price of Atlantic Salmon by Courtney Henson 24 | USDA Organic: Ecopornography or a Label Worth Searching For? by Blake M. Mensing 29 | The Food Crisis: A New-Found Momentum to Redefine African Agricultural Policies by Meti Zegeye 41 | The WTO, Agriculture, and Developing Countries: The Need for Trade Reforms by Melissa Blue Sky 43 | Rising Global Food Prices: The Need for Re-regulating Commodity Futures by Megan S. Chapman 50 | Three Keys for Rehabilitating and Stabilizing Haiti by Chris Logan along with explanations of ongoing and potential future solutions. Articles range from a synopsis of the recent global food crisis to the potential for and limitations of genetically modified crops in addressing the crisis. Our contributors touch on biofu- 55 | Preparing for the Unknown: The Threat of Agroterrorism by Matthew Padilla els, organic agriculture, green labeling, tobacco farming, rural 62 | Legislative Update land use, and the 2008 Farm Bill in the United States. With this by Anastasia Lewandoski issue, we hope SDLP will help move the discourse beyond the common rhetoric of blame and defeat towards creative solutions for effective and efficient use of our global agricultural resources for today’s growing population and future generations. 64 | Book Review Earth: The Sequel by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn Reviewed by John R. Shackelford Lisa Novins Addie Haughey Editor-in-Chief Editor-in-Chief 1 Sustainable Development Law & Policy  (...truncated)