As we begin September 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 below are many of the new NALC resources from the month of August 2022.

Webinars:

• An Overview of Geographical Indications and their Impacts on U.S. Agriculture

Blog Posts:

• Food Labeling Litigation Trends: Protein
• Clean Water Act Citizen Suits Before Fourth Circuit
• Procedures: Precedent and the U.S. Court System
• Independent Contractors v. Employees
• Proposed Updates to the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule
• Ag & the IRA: Conservation Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act
• Checking In on Crop Insurance: FCIC Insurance Policy Interpretations
• FDA’s Color Additive Regulations and the Skittles Litigation

Outreach:

• Harrison Pittman, NALC Director
  • August 4 – Presentation on Legal Perspectives on Endangered Species Act and Pesticides at the American Cotton Producers – Cotton Foundation Joint Summer Meeting in Little Rock
  • August 23 – Zoom meeting with Arkansas Extension agents and county health officials on the scope of the Arkansas Food Freedom Act for Service Providers
• Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
  • August 12^th – Presentation on Heir Property and Estate Planning at the Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts’ Annual Meeting in Little Rock, AR.
  • August 23 – Zoom meeting with Arkansas Extension agents and county health officials on the scope of the Arkansas Food Freedom Act for Service Providers
  • August 26^th – Zoom presentation on trespassers and landowner liability for forest landowners in Arkansas.
  • August 31^st – Presentation at the Boulder, CO Armed to Farm Conference for veterans wanting to transition to agriculture.  Topics included business entities, zoning and landowner liability.