by Elizabeth | Nov 26, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Antitrust, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Webinar
Ohio State University’s (OSU) Agricultural & Resource Law Program has announced its inaugural webinar, Big Data and UAVs: Legal Issues for Agriculture, scheduled for Friday, December 12 at 1 p.m. This is the first webinar of the program’s new “Ohio Food,...
by Elizabeth | Nov 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, International Trade, Local Food Systems
Posted November 25, 2014 Russia’s ban on western imports of food products has strengthened local, organic farms, according to The New York Times article available here. The Daily Meal also published an article available hereand teleSUR here. Major Russian...
by Elizabeth | Nov 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Biotechnology, Food Safety
Posted November 25, 2014 Two farms in Southern Oregon are requesting the court end the County’s voter-approved ban on genetically modified (GMO) crops or pay the farms $4.2 million, according to a Capital Press article available here. Oregon Live also published...
by Elizabeth | Nov 24, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted November 24, 2014 The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is extending the comment period on a proposed rule, to facilitate responsible solar and wind energy development and to receive fair market value for such development (79 FR 59021). BLM is extending...
by Elizabeth | Nov 24, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted November 24, 2014 Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is announcing a public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on December 11-12, 2014. Additionally, EPA is also announcing meetings on...