A grazing lease is an agreement in which a landowner allows a tenant to graze livestock on the landowner’s property. For parties involved in these types of agreements, it is important to specify terms of the lease, which address the landowner and the grazer’s rights and responsibilities. Any type of contract should have basic terms in the contract, including identification …
Outline Giving Overview Common Agriculture Contracts
You can download my substantive outline discussing a few of the major contractual issues that affect production agriculture on my JD Supra page here. The outline discusses a myriad of contracts issues including: agriculture production contracts, purchase agreements (for land, livestock and farm equipment), leases (for land, livestock and farm equipment), special contracts (e.g., custom feeding arrangements, embryo transfer contracts, …
Alleged Violation of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)? Seeking a Civil Monetary Penalty in Lieu of Permanent Disqualification
Accepting SNAP benefits allows a retailer to provide staple foods to members of the community who would be otherwise unable to afford basics. Being licensed to accept SNAP benefits also comes with the responsibility of ensuring that all SNAP regulations are followed. This includes ensuring that employees do not allow customers to use SNAP benefits for unauthorized items, such as …
Litigating Surrounding Vermont’s GMO Labeling Bill
In April of 2014, Vermont became the first state in the United States to require that all food products sold within the state of Vermont have a label indicating if it contains genetically modified ingredients. The law also prohibits manufacturers from writing “natural” or “all-natural” if a food product does contain GMOs. The law goes into effect in July 2016, …
Heading to Tennessee for a Keynote and Panel Discussion on Direct Farm Marketing
I will be taking off next week for Tennessee for the Tennessee College of Law’s Agriculture Law & Policy Symposium, “A Look into the Field: Food and Agriculture Law and Policy” on October 9, 2015 in Knoxville, Tennessee. I am participating in a panel discussion titled “Agri-Tourism, CSA’s and Direct to Consumer Sales” – as I noted previously, you can …
Ask Cari: Can I Copyright that Recipe?
Dear Cari, I am writing a cookbook and developing some of my own recipes. Do I have copyright protection with my recipes? Ann. M. Dear Ann: To answer your question, one must first look at what can be copyrighted. Under the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 102, copyright applies only to “original works of authorship fixed in any tangible …