by Elizabeth | Apr 20, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
The American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) will hold its 2012 Annual Agricultural Law Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee at the downtown Sheraton Hotel on October 18, 19 and 20, 2012. Established in 1985, the AALA is the only national professional organization...
by Elizabeth | Apr 16, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
The National Agricultural Law Center is providing an online webinar titled, “Legal Issues in Animal Agriculture: Regulating Living Space.” The webinar will be held on May 10, 2012 from 12-1 p.m. (Eastern). The webinar is the first in a series of...
by Elizabeth | Apr 9, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agritourism, Forestry, Landowner Liability, Leases
The National Agricultural Law Center, along with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service and the LSU AgCenter are hosting a series of three workshops dealing with legal, marketing, and business issues that affect forest...
by Elizabeth | Apr 9, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update, Cooperatives, Food and Drug Administration
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund’s lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett recently. The two-year old lawsuit out of Iowa challenged the...
by Elizabeth | Mar 30, 2012 | Ag & Food Law Update
Recently, McCarron & Diess has published the PACA Web Guide to assist produce professionals with issues arising under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The Guide is especially valuable to the public because it has been written in non-legal...
