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Virginia’s Attempt to Restrict Foreign Agricultural Land Investments

by Elizabeth | Feb 21, 2023 | Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown, United States Department of Agriculture

Virginia is likely to join fourteen other states that restrict or limit foreign landholdings in land, specifically agricultural land, within their state. According to a 2021 U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) report, foreign investors own approximately 254,000...

Judge Issues Ruling in Klamath River Dispute

by Brigit Rollins | Feb 16, 2023 | Brigit Rollins, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Water Law

On February 6, 2023, a federal judge in California issued a ruling concluding that the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) preempted an order from the Oregon Water Resources department (“OWRD”) which prohibited the United States Bureau of Reclamation (“Reclamation”) from...

The Feed: Vol. 1, Issue 3

by Elizabeth | Feb 8, 2023 | The Feed

The Feed is a bi-weekly newsletter highlighting recent legal developments affecting agriculture. Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. 1, Issue 3, from Feb. 8, 2023. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click here to view Vol. 1, Issue 3...

January Monthly Roundup

by Ramie Parsons | Feb 8, 2023 | Monthly Round Up

January 2023 Monthly Roundup As we begin the month of February and reflect on last month, staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research and information in agricultural and food law to stakeholders across the country. Outlined...

State Proposals on Restricting Foreign Ownership of Farmland: Part Three

by Elizabeth | Feb 7, 2023 | Business Organizations, Corporate Farming, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown, State Proposals on Restricting Foreign Ownership of Farmland

In the past two years or so, as discussed in the first article of this series, the issue of restricting foreign investments and ownership in privately held farmland emerged or reemerged in the majority of states. This reemerging interest in restricting foreign...

California Takes Steps to Reduce Pesticide Use In State

by Brigit Rollins | Feb 2, 2023 | Brigit Rollins, Environmental Law, Pesticides

In January 2023, the State of California released a document titled “Accelerating Sustainable Pest Management: A Roadmap for California” (referred to as “SPM Roadmap”). The document, developed by California’s Sustainable Pest Management Work Group (“SPM Work Group”)...

The Feed: Vol. 1, Issue 2

by Elizabeth | Jan 25, 2023 | The Feed

The Feed is a bi-weekly publication highlighting recent legal developments affecting agriculture. Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. 1, Issue 2, from Jan. 25, 2023. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click here to view Vol. 1, Issue...

Displaying the Data: Online AFIDA Database To Be Established

by Elizabeth | Jan 24, 2023 | Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, Farm Service Agency, Focusing on Foreign Investment, Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown, United States Department of Agriculture

In December 2022, Congress passed a $1.7 trillion spending package for FY23 known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (“CAA”), which included approximately $25 billion in agriculture-related spending. Aside from the funding provisions under the legislation,...

EPA Releases New Environmental Justice Guidance Document

by Brigit Rollins | Jan 19, 2023 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Climate Change, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Water Law

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a new guidance document regarding the agency’s authority to consider the cumulative impacts of pollution exposure on vulnerable and under-served communities. This guidance document builds on the...

Ag & Food Law Quarterly Report: Fourth Quarter 2022

by Elizabeth | Jan 19, 2023 | Quarterly Newsletter

The National Agricultural Law Center provides the Ag & Food Law Quarterly Report as part of its mission to serve as the nation’s leading source of agricultural and food law research and information. The Quarterly Report is a quarter-by-quarter comprehensive, but...

NALC Introduces “The Feed”

by Elizabeth | Jan 11, 2023 | The Feed

The inaugural issue of The Feed was released on Jan. 11, 2023. The Feed is a bi-weekly newsletter highlighting recent legal developments affecting agriculture. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click here to view the inaugural issue. Click here to view all previous...

State Proposals on Restricting Foreign Ownership of Farmland: Part Two

by Elizabeth | Jan 10, 2023 | Foreign Ownership, Land Ownership, Micah Brown, State Proposals on Restricting Foreign Ownership of Farmland

In the past two years or so, as discussed in the first article of this series, the issue of restricting foreign investments and ownership in privately held farmland emerged or reemerged in the majority of states. This reemerging interest in restricting foreign...

December Monthly Roundup

by Ramie Parsons | Jan 9, 2023 | Monthly Round Up

December 2022 Monthly Roundup As we begin a new month (and a new year!) and reflect on last month, staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research and information in agricultural and food law to stakeholders across the country....

WOTUS Update: EPA Releases Highly Anticipated Final Rule to Redefine “Waters of the United States”

by Brigit Rollins | Jan 5, 2023 | Brigit Rollins, Clean Water Act, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Law, WOTUS Update

On December 30, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its long-awaited rule to redefine the definition of “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”) under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”). The term is central to the implementation of the CWA because only...