by Elizabeth | Jul 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 25, 2014 All updates to the Agricultural Law Bibliography for the second quarter of 2014 have been posted on the National Agricultural Center’s website. For a listing of the most recent updates, click here. The bibliography, spanning over 50 years...
by Elizabeth | Jul 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 25, 2014 Peter Laufer, a writer and professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, doesn’t just wonder, researched the food label “organic,” according to a NPR blog post available here. TakePart also published an article on organic food...
by Elizabeth | Jul 25, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Conservation Programs, Federal Loan Programs, Finance and Credit, Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, Transportation, United States Department of Agriculture, Water Law
Posted July 25, 2014 CoBank announced that it has joined with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to create a new public-private partnership focused on infrastructure investment in rural America, according to a press release. The New York Times also...
by Elizabeth | Jul 23, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Nutrition Programs
Posted July 23, 2014 Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, will convene a Committee hearing on Wednesday, July 23 at 9:30 a.m., according to a press release. Wisconsin Ag Connection also...
by Elizabeth | Jul 23, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted July 23, 2014 Agriculture Undersecretary Kevin Concannon announced the release of a Request for Applications from states interested in participating in the Pilot Project for Procurement of Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables authorized by the 2014 Farm...