Land Use Tools for Promoting Urban & Suburban Agriculture

Rincker Law Land Use & Zoning Law, Property Law, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

According to Dean Patricia Salkin in American Bar Association’s “Counseling the Local Food Movement” (May 2012), the following zoning tools can be used to promote small-scale agriculture production within city limits: Comprehensive Plans. This is the over-arching plan upon which land use regulations are adopted.  It is important that the comprehensive plan itself emphasize the importance of small-scale commercial agriculture …

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Missed the Local Food CLE? Don’t Worry, You Can Get the Recording

Rincker Law Food & Ag Law, Webinars Leave a Comment

Last Thursday I moderated a fantastic local food law CLE (i.e., “Continuing Legal Education”).  The faculty worked hard putting together substantive materials for the attendees including relevant ancillary materials (such as this, this, and this).  If you missed the live webinar, you can purchase the CLE from the American Bar Association’s (“ABA”) webstore here. Though the CLE was directed to …

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Save The Date: Local Food Law CLE

Rincker Law Food & Ag Law, Food & Ag Organizations, Food & Ag Policy Leave a Comment

With my work as the Chair of the ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division’s Agriculture Law Committee, I will be moderating a local food law CLE on May 10, 2012 from 2-4pm.  The purpose of this CLE webinar is to give the practitioner the tools necessary to properly counsel various segments of the local food movement.  You do …

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Overview of State Laws Relating to the Amount of Space Given to Farm Animals

Rincker Law Animal Law, Food & Ag Law, Food & Ag Organizations, Food & Ag Policy, Land Use & Zoning Law, Links and Online Resources, Property Law 1 Comment

I am speaking today in Atlantic City at the New Jersey State Bar Association’s (“NJSBA”) Annual Meeting on a couple farm animal law issues.  One of the topics that I will be addressing today includes an overview of state legislation/regulation over the amount of space given to farm animals. Seven states have had laws sponsored by the Humane Society of …

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I am Thankful

Rincker Law Ag-vocacy, Agriculture Production, Food & Ag Organizations, Social Media and Technology Leave a Comment

I hope all my readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  I spent the holiday here in NYC.  I am looking forward to visiting family in Illinois over the Christmas holiday. Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to be surrounded by friends and family and be reminded of all the things in life you are thankful for.  It is also a nice day …

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