Pace Law School: Survey to Food and Agriculture Law

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Exciting news! I will be teaching a 1 credit summer course at Pace Law School, my alum, that will give a cursory overview of the laws regulating the U.S. food and agriculture system. The class will touch on the various practice areas affecting production agriculture and food entrepreneurs including farm programs, disaster assistance, environmental law, financing, right-to-farm, employment/labor law, livestock …

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Local Food Law CLE at Pace Law School Rescheduled for Spring

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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 …

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Land Use Tools for Promoting Urban & Suburban Agriculture

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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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New York Office of Community Gardens

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While reading this publication, I was reminded about the New York Office of Community Gardens with the NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets.  Pursuant to NY Ag & Mkts Article 2-C, Section 31-h, the duties of the office are as follows: (1)  identify vacant public land suitable for community gardens; (2)  coordinate interested community groups with appropriate state or local …

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A Quick Review on Land Use Law

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I have enjoyed reading through the Harvard Law School’s Food Law & Policy Clinic’s publication titled “Good Laws, Good Food:  Putting Local Food Policy to Work for Our Communities.”  Section III (beginning on page 30) does a nice job giving a cursory overview of land use law. As the article correctly states, the authority to regulate land use is derived …

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Business Sponsor of New York Agri-Women Conference in New York City

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Happy Columbus Day!  Rincker Law, PLLC is the proud business sponsor of the New York Agri-Women event in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on Tuesday, October 23, 2012.  The day is bookended with tours of two prominent rooftop farms in New York City including Brooklyn Grange and Eagle Street Farm.  The group will also tour Anarchy in a Jar’s Jam Facility in Brooklyn. …

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Registration Form Available for Local Food Law Seminar at Pace Law School

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The registration form is available for the Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) Seminar at Pace Law School in White Plains, New York on Monday, October 29th on a survey of local food law.  It is open to the public and the general admission is only $15.  There will be approximately 20 minutes or so of Q & A so come ready …

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Harvard’s Food Law & Policy Career Guide

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Big thanks to Jean Terranova (@JeanTerranova for you Twitter folks) for sending me the Food Law and Policy Career Guide by the Harvard Food Law & Policy Clinic and Harvard Food Law Society.  I think it’s an excellent resource for folks interested in a career in food & agriculture law. The guide briefly notes areas of concentration including agriculture, biotechnology/GMOs, …

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Save the Date: Local Food Law Seminar at Pace Law School on October 29th

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I’m excited to announce that I will be a faculty member for a Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) seminar at Pace University, School of Law (my alum) on Monday October 29th, 2012 from 6:00 to 8:30pm titled “Survey of Local Food.”  Just as the title indicates, the speakers will be presenting on a myriad of practice areas affecting the local food …

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Three Years and the Fun Keeps Coming…

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Happy Third Year Anniversary to this blog!  Seems like just yesterday I was writing this second year anniversary post.  Time flies when you are having fun!  It’s been an exciting third year of this blog.  Here are a few highlights: 1.  This law blog (“blawg”) made the American Bar Association’s (“ABA”) Top 100 Blawg list.  Nominations for 2012 are right …

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So What Exactly Is “Big Ag?”

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I spoke last month on sustainability in “Big Agriculture.”  It got me thinking.  What exactly is “Big Agriculture?”  How do we define what is or is not “Big Ag?” And when did it become a bad name? Is it whether a farm is owned by a family or a corporation? 97% of farms are family owned.  What if shareholders of …

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

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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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