by Elizabeth | May 13, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Posted: May 13, 2013 On Monday, May 13, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in Bowman v. Monsanto Co., et al., decision that will reverberate throughout the continued debate over the role of genetically modified organisms in agriculture. The Court...
by Elizabeth | May 7, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Farm Bill
Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, will convene a meeting of the full Committee for purposes of considering and marking up the 2013 Farm Bill on Tuesday, May 14 at 10 a.m. in the Committee’s hearing...
by Elizabeth | May 1, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agritourism, Landowner Liability
As the legislative sessions for many states are wrapping up, three states have recently passed agritourism statutes designed to reduce help reduce some of the legal liability surrounding so-called “inherent risks” of agritourism operations. Oklahoma, Idaho and...
by Elizabeth | Apr 26, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update, Business Organizations, NALC Resources, Webinar
On Monday, May 6, 2013 at 10 a.m. Mountain/11 Central the National Agricultural Law Center is hosting a webinar in partnership with American Agri-Women, the national coalition of farm, ranch, and agribusiness women’s organizations. There is no charge for the...
by Elizabeth | Apr 4, 2013 | Ag & Food Law Update
Reuters reports that the Environmental Protection Agency has named thirty-one experts to review an upcoming report on “fracking,” the term used to describe the extraction of natural gas and oil. For a link to the Reuters news story, click here. For additional...
