Publications

Public Scholarship


Media interviews

(2024) “L’évolution des mentalités”, À travers champs, Saison 3 https://savoir.media/player/385808/series?assetType=series&playlist_id=107&shw_ep=1



(2024) The New Legal Status of Animals as Recognized in the Civil Code of Quebec, Faculti https://faculti.net/the-new-legal-status-of-animals-as-recognized-in-the-civil-code-of-quebec/





Video capsules in collaboration with Jurivision


Sarah Berger Richardson & Daphnée Ménard, « 898.1 C.c.Q. Poules : le débat éthique et juridique sur le statut juridique des poules pondeuses au Québec » (2023) online Jurivision : https://jurivision.ca/statut-animal-quebec/



Sarah Berger Richardson, « Le droit à la ferme : la production artisanale au Québec et son cadre législatif » (2021) online Jurivision : https://jurivision.ca/autonomie-alimentaire-le-droit-a-la-ferme/



Sarah Berger Richardson, « Alimentation – concepts juridiques et défis » (2021) online Jurivision : https://jurivision.ca/alimentation-concepts-juridiques-et-defis/





Editorials


(2020). “COVID-19 disruption reveals challenges in our meat supply”. The Star. Reprints in: Moncton Times & Transcript, Fredericton Daily Gleaner, Vancouver Province, Ottawa Life Magazine, National Observer, The Province, The Canadian Business Journal (2020). “COVID-19 exacerbates existing inequities in the agrifood labour force”. Policy Options.



(2015). “Food safety is important, but so is locally sourced meat”. Montreal Gazette.



(2015). « De la ferme à l’assiette: Nous devons réfléchir au chemin parcouru par les aliments que nous consommons. » La Presse+.







Academic Publications


Peer Reviewed Journal Articles


Sarah Berger Richardson & Daphnée Ménard, « Réflexions sur la protection de l’animal au Québec face à son nouveau statut juridique : la fable de la poule de ville et la poule des champs » (2024) 53 : 1 Revue de droit de l’Université Sherbrooke



Sarah Berger Richardson “Barn Fire Prevention and the Law: Challenges and Opportunities for Reform” (2023) 46: 7 Manitoba Law Journal 1.



Sarah Berger Richardson “Responding to regulatory barriers to ethical meat: are on-farm slaughter exemptions the solution? (2022) 37:2 Canadian Journal of Law and Society 249.



Sarah Berger Richardson, “From Slow Food to Slow Meat: Slowing line speeds to improve worker health and animal welfare in Canadian abattoirs” (2021) 59:1 Alberta Law Review 99.



Sarah Berger Richardson & Nadia Lambek, “Federalism and Fragmentation: Addressing the Possibilities of a Food Policy for Canada” (2018) 5:3 Canadian Food Studies 28



Sarah Berger Richardson & Laura Alford, “Right to Farm Legislation in Canada: Exceptional protection for standard farm practices” (2018) 50:1 Ottawa Law Review 131.



Sarah Berger Richardson & Nandini Ramanujam, “Ending Child Malnutrition Under SDG 2: The Moral Imperative for Global Solidarity and Local Action” (2018) Social Alternatives.



Sarah Berger Richardson & Angela Campbell, “Law and Learning ‘From the Field’: The Pedagogical Relevance of Collaborative Teacher-Student Empirical Legal Research” (2011) 23(2) Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 464.





Peer Reviewed Book Chapters


Sarah Berger Richardson & Laura Dehaibi, « Agriculture et sécurité alimentaire: un défi insurmontable pour l’OMC? » in Richard Ouellet & Geneviève Dufour (Eds) Réforme de l’OMC : Vers un nouveau multilatéralisme économique (Montreal : Presses de la Société québécoise de droit international, 2024), pp. 173-192



*Sarah Berger Richardson, “Worked to the bone: COVID-19, the agrifood labour force, and the need for more compassionate post-pandemic food systems” in Colleen M Flood et al., (Eds.), Vulnerable: The Policy, Law and Ethics of COVID-19 (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2020), pp. 501-512.



*Sarah Berger Richardson, “Pluralism and the Regulation of Raw Milk Sales in Canada: Creating space for multiple normative orders at the food policy table” in Mariagrazia Albanese et al., (Eds.), Agricultural Law: Current Issues from a Global Perspective (Cham:Springer, (2017) pp. 211 to 230.



Mr. W. Ian C. Binnie, Sarah Berger Richardson, Justice C. Adèle Kent, Justice Stephen T. Goudge, Justice André Wery, & Flora Lê, “Managing Expert Evidence” in Science Manual for Canadian Judges (Ottawa: National Judicial Institute, 2013)





Non-Refereed Chapters In Books


Sarah Berger Richardson & Nandini Ramanujam, “Recalibrating the Food Security Paradigm: Exploring the relational dimension” in John Packer & Alex Neve (Eds.), Canadian Yearbook of Human Rights (Vol. III 2019-2021), (Ottawa: Human Rights Research and Education Centre, 2023) pp. 155-159.



Sarah Berger Richardson, “Food Safety in Canada: Regulatory approaches to promoting public health” in Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, Nathalie J. Chalifour & Angela Lee (Eds.), Food Law in Canada (Toronto: Thomson Reuters Canada, 2019) pp. 201 to 221.





Reports & Book Reviews


Fabrice Riem, Sarah Berger Richardson et al, White Paper n° 01 - Food / Agriculture, International Law Association 150th Celebration Special Issue (Paris: International Law Association, 2022).



Sarah Berger Richardson, “Review: Erin McKenna: Livestock: food, fiber, and friends” (2019) 37:1 Agriculture and Human Values 257.





Doctoral Dissertation


Sarah Berger Richardson, Is Safe Food Good Food: Looking beyond safety in the regulation of good food systems, PhD Thesis in Law, McGill University 2020.