by Elizabeth | Jan 6, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Bureau of Land Management, Climate Change, Conservation Programs, Environmental Law, Land Use Regulation, National Environmental Policy Act, Water Law, Western Water
Posted January 6, 2014 In Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Burke, No. 2:12CV257DAK, 2013 WL 5916815, D. Utah (Nov. 4, 2013), the United States District Court for the District of Utah considered a case involving the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision in...
by Elizabeth | Jan 6, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Food Safety, Veterinary Law
Posted January 6, 2014 A jury recently awarded Oregon dairy farmers, Nancy and Neal Kaste, $750,000 in damages plus attorneys’ fees after feed from Land O’Lakes Purina poisoned 140 of their cows, according to an article by the Oregonian available here. Land...
by Elizabeth | Jan 3, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Forest Service, Forestry, International Trade, Taxation
Posted January 3, 2014 The National Agricultural Law Center offers a wide range of resources, one of which is the Forestry Reading Room available here. The laws relating to forestry include commercial harvesting of timber, environmental issues, international...
by Elizabeth | Jan 3, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update, Food Labeling, National Organic Program
Posted January 3, 2014 In Quesada v. Herb Thyme Farms, Inc., No. B239602, 2013 WL 6730808, (Cal. Ct. App. Dec. 23, 2013), a California Appeals Court considered a case of first impression, holding that the federal Organic Food Production Act of 1990 (OFPA), 7 U.S.C....
by Elizabeth | Jan 2, 2014 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted January 2, 2014 Thirteen senators recently expressed concern about the potential effects of an “anti-science” provision in the House version of the farm bill, according to an Agri-Pulse article available here. Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) and 12 other...
