I will be presenting to Lawline on Monday, November 18th at 4pm on “Counseling the Local Food Movement.” It will be Part II of the 2 part series on local food law. In this presentation, I will be covering the Food Safety Modernization Act Exemptions, National Organic Program, Urban/suburban agriculture, land use law, agriculture districts, the Right-to-Farm law, labor law …
Guide to Urban Farming in New York
As this post is published this morning, I will be lecturing at New York University on land use law, the Right-to-Farm, and urban agriculture to my undergraduate food law class. I assigned the Guide to Urban Farming in New York by Cornell Cooperative Extension Small Farms Program and finally had a chance to review the publication in detail. The summary …
Upcoming Lawline Presentations on New York Local Food Law
I enjoyed giving my presentation last week on how to start and build a food and agriculture law practice. I will be posting the presentation on this blog in upcoming weeks. As a reminder, here are the two coming up on local food law: Counseling the Local Food Movement (Part I): October 24, 2013 from 4-5pm. I’ll be giving an …
Upcoming Lawline Series on Food and Agriculture Law Topics
I’m very excited to announce that I will be putting on a three part food and agriculture law series with Lawline. These will be the first food and agriculture law presentations on Lawline. It is FREE to come to the live recording of the lecture. The recording will later be available on lawline.com, along with some other great law lectures. …
Local Food Law CLE at Pace Law School Rescheduled for Spring
The Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) seminar at Pace Law School giving a “Survey of Local Food Law” in New York has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 13, 2013. It was originally scheduled for October 29th — the day Hurricane Sandy decided to pay a visit to the East Coast. I hope that you will plan to attend the adjourned spring …