Case Law Index Local Food Systems
January 1, 2002 – September 2, 2026
This index provides a comprehensive though not necessarily exhaustive compilation of reported and unreported federal and state court decisions involving local food systems that were decided between the dates listed above. The cases are listed in reverse chronological order. The “Text” link goes to the freely available Google Scholar text of the opinion. These listings are for educational purposes only and are not a substitute for legal counsel.
SUPREME COURT
Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, 609 U.S. —- (2026) (holding that safety claims that would impose labeling in addition to or different from those required under FIFRA are pre-empted). Text
Nat’l Pork Producers Council v. Ross, 598 U.S. 356 (2023) (upholding a California law that forbids the sale of pork that comes from animals not raised in compliance with Proposition 12). Text
Horne v. Dep’t of Agric., 569 U.S. 513, 133 S. Ct. 2053, 186 L. Ed. 2d 69 (2013) (producers v. handlers subject to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act, Farmer-to Consumer Direct Marketing Act, raisins) Text
Nat’l Meat Ass’n, Petitioner v. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California, et al, 132 S. Ct. 965, 565 U.S. 452 (2012) (Whether the FMIA (Federal Meat Inspection Act) preempts California’s penal code against federally inspected slaughterhouses) Text
Monsanto Co. et al., v. Geertson Seed Farms et al., 130 S. Ct. 2743, 561 U.S. 139 (2010) (challenging APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)’s decision to approve the unconditional deregulation of a variety of alfalfa that has been genetically engineered to tolerate the herbicide roundup) Text
Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Assn., 544 U.S. 550 (2005) (whether a federal program that finances generic advertising for agricultural product violates the 1st Amendment) Text
FIRST CIRCUIT
Triumph Foods, LLC v. Campbell, 156 F.4th 29 (1st Cir. 2025) (affirming district court’s upholding of a Massachusetts law similar to Proposition 12 in National Pork, but severing the slaughterhouse exception from the law because it violates the Dormant Commerce Clause) Text
Shire City Herbals, Inc. v. Blue, 410 F.Supp.3d 270 (D. Mass. Sept. 30, 2019) (trademark infringement for herbal dietary supplemental drink) Text
B&R Produce Packing Co., Inc. et al. v. A&H Farms, Inc. et al. (D. NH, May 27, 2014) (breach of contract of produce, which involves a violation of PACA (Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act)) Text
SECOND CIRCUIT
Farm Sanctuary v. U.S. Dep’t of Agriculture, 706 F. Supp. 3d 381 (2d Cir. 2021) (upholding USDA’s New Swine Inspection Program). Text
Gamm v. Sanderson Farms, Inc., 944 F. 3d 455 (Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, Dec 10, 2019) (chicken producers’ agreements to keep their supply low and prices high by dumping to foreign countries) Text
Sitts v. Dairy Farmers of Am., Inc., 417 F. Supp. 3d 433 (D. Vt. Sept. 27, 2019) (Independent dairy farmers brought an action against a dairy marketing cooperative and milk-marketing agency for allegedly fixing and suppressing prices paid to farmers. Text
Grocery Mfrs. Ass’n v. Sorrell, 102 F. Supp. 3d 583 (D. Vt. 2015) (statute prohibiting genetically engineered food from being labeled as natural) Text
Organic Seed Growers and Trade Ass’n v. Monsanto Co., 851 F.Supp.2d 544 (S.D.N.Y. Feb 24, 2012) (transgenic seeds, Roundup Ready and patent issues) Text
Kampfer v. Reu, No. 6:08-CV-708, 2011 WL 572431, at *1 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 15, 2011) (removal from a farmer’s market) Text
Moran v. City of New Rochelle, 346 F. Supp. 3d 507 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) (ordinance prohibiting maintenance of farm animals) Text
THIRD CIRCUIT
Louie v. Sprouts Farmers Mkt., Inc., No. CV 25-1179, 2025 WL 935953 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 27, 2025) (Customer lacks standing to sue local farmers market for punitive damages after getting foodborne illness from a sandwich purchased at the market) Text
Nazarov v. City of Brigantine, No. CV 22-5478 (KMW-AMD), 2024 WL 3159513, at *1 (D.N.J. June 25, 2024) (local vendor challenges city’s decision to prohibit its involvement in city’s farmers market) Text
E. Armata, Inc. v. 27 Farmers Mkt., Inc., No. CIVA 08-5212 KSH, 2009 WL 2386074, at *1 (D.N.J. July 31, 2009) (non-payment for perishable goods) Text
Freeman v. Fischer, 563 F. Supp. 2d 493 (D.N.J. 2008) (dormant commerce clause challenge to state liquor distribution law) Text
Reichley v. PA Dep’t of Agri., 427 F. 3d 236 (3rd Cir. 2005) (Dep’t of Agri.’s authority re: Domestic Animal Law) Text
Cloverland-Green Spring Dairies, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Milk Mktg. Bd., 462 F. 3d 249 (3d Cir. 2006) (constitutional challenge to minimum retail milk price) Text
FOURTH CIRCUIT
Center for Science in the Pub. Interest v. Perdue, 438 F. Supp. 3d 546 (D. Md. 2020) (challenge to the Department of Agriculture’s final rule governing sodium and whole grain nutrition standards for school breakfast and lunch programs). Text
McKiver v. Murphy-Brown, LLC, 980 F. 3d 937 (4th Cir. 2020) (neighbor nuisance claim against commercial hog producer) Text
Redner’s Markets, Inc. v. Joppatowne G.P. Ltd. P’ship, 594 F. App’x 798, 799 (4th Cir. 2014) (grocery store tenant sues landlord for breach of lease’s restrictive-use covenant that prohibited landlord from leasing other portions of property to “food supermarket” or “grocery store”) Text
Clement v. Satterfield, 927 F. Supp. 2d 297 (W.D. Va. 2013) (denial of opportunity to become vendor at farmer’s market) Text
Hill v. Courter III, 344 F. Supp. 2d 484 (E.D. Va. 2004) (challenging inspection of goat cheese) Text
FIFTH CIRCUIT
Cohrs v. Agrilogic Ins. Servs., LLC, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 108317 (S.D. Tex. May 8, 2024) (holding that the Federal Arbitration Act’s deadline to file a motion to vacate an arbitration award applies to crop insurance policies and cannot be superseded by a conflicting contractual deadline) Text
Denton v. City of El Paso, Texas, 861 F. App’x 836 (5th Cir. 2021) (city policy prohibiting religious converting at farmers market) Text
Knapp v. US Dept. of Agriculture, 796 F. 3d 445 (Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 2015) (unlawful selling of animals in violation of the AWA (Animal Welfare Act)) Text
Siesta Vill. Mkt., LLC v. Perry, 530 F.Supp.2d 848 (N.D. Tex. 2008) (challenge to state scheme regulating distribution of out of state wine) Text
SIXTH CIRCUIT
Black Farmers & Agriculturalists Ass’n v. Rollins, 154 F.4th 473 (6th Cir. 2025) (challenge to USDA’s policy of excluding legacy claims for its farm-lending discrimination program) Text
Dzurka Bros., LLC. V. Luckey Farmers, Inc. 712 F. Supp. 3d 979 (2024) (farmers claiming violation of the Commodities Exchange Act based on failure to disclosure risks of grain accumulator contracts) Text
Miller v. U.S. Dep’t of Agric., 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 165 (6th Cir. Jan. 3, 2023) (rejecting a farmer’s challenge to a Federal Crop Insurance Corporation determination because it was not arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedures Act) Text
Bachman Sunny Hill Fruit Farms, Inc. v. Producers Agric. Ins. Co., 57 F.4th 536 (6th Cir. 2023) (affirming the dismissal of a farmer’s motion to nullify an arbitration award when it did not comply with the substance or time limits of the Federal Arbitration Act) Text
U.S. v. Coffman, 652 F. Supp. 3d 911 (S.D. Ohio 2023) (holding that American ginseng is a “common food crop” under the Lacey Act because it is listed in CITES and is protected by Ohio law) Text
Ackerman v. US Dep’t of Agri., 995 F.3d 528 (2021) (confusing dry-bean crop insurance of two states, MI and MN) Text
Country Mill Farms, LLC v. City of E. Lansing, No. 1:17-CV-487, 2017 WL 11444048, at *1 (W.D. Mich. Sept. 15, 2017) (denial of vendor’s application for farmer’s market) Text
International Dairy Foods Ass’n v. Boggs, 622 F.3d 628 (6th Cir. 2010) (constitutional challenge to dairy labeling restriction) Text
Prater v. City of Jackson, Tennessee, No. 1:05-CV-1342, 2007 WL 9710159, at *1 (W.D. Tenn. Aug. 16, 2007) (challenging the exclusion from a farmer’s market) Text
SEVENTH CIRCUIT
Weaver v. Champion Petfoods USA Inc., 3 F.4th 927 (7th Cir. 2021) (false advertising claim to dog food label stating that the food was made with “fresh regional ingredients”) Text
Disc. Inn, Inc. v. City of Chicago, 72 F. Supp. 3d 930 (N.D. Ill. 2014) (challenge to weed control ordinance as burden to constitutional right to garden) Text
Brewer v. Town of Eagle, 553 F.Supp.3d 636, 2021 WL 3473243 (E.D. Wis. 2021) (Community supported agriculture zoning) Text
Lovette-Cephus v. Vill. of Park Forest, 587 F. App’x 983 (7th Cir. 2014) (Action for imposing stricter business-licensing requirements on proposed bakery) Text
EIGHTH CIRCUIT
Turtle Island Foods v. Thompson, 725 F. Supp. 3d 963, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60040 (W.D. Mo. Mar. 26, 2024) (upholding a Missouri law that prohibits misrepresenting food as “meat” when it is not derived from harvested livestock or poultry) Text
Redlich v. City of St. Louis, 51 F.4th 283 (8th Cir. 2022) (ordinance requiring permit for distribution of potentially hazardous foods) Text
Foster v. Vilsack, 820 F.3d 330 (8th Cir. 2016) (Food security, local area soil regulation) Text
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Def. Fund v. Sebelius, No C 10-4018-MWB, 2012 WL 219376 (N.D. Iowa 2012) (denial of request for injunction against FDA) Text
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Def. Fund v. Sebelius, 734 F. Supp. 2d 668 (N.D. Iowa 2010) (challenging validity of FDA regulations on milk packaging form) Text
Stahl v. US Dept. of Agri, 327 F. 3d 695 (8th Cir. 2003) (farmers & ranchers challenging USDA’s maximum amount collectible under the agreement) Text
NINTH CIRCUIT
Nat. Grocers v. Rollins, 157 F.4th 1143 (9th Cir. 2025) (holding that the AMS was not in accordance with law by exempting foods with bioengineered genetic material that is not “detectable” from the national bioengineered food disclosure standard). Text
M&T Farms v. Fed. Crop Ins. Corp., 103 F.4th 724 (9th Cir. 2024) (holding that a partnership selling its partners’ products and holding their goodwill and business name is engaged in “farming activity” under section 3(a)(4) of the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Pilot (WFRP) Policy) Text
In re Bussman, 2023 Bankr. LEXIS 881 (Or. Bankr. Ct. Mar. 31, 2023) (granting a motion to dismiss because a debtor was not eligible for chapter 12 relief as he did not qualify as a family farmer under 11 U.S.C.S. § 101(18)).
Webb v. Trader Joe’s Co., 999 F.3d 1196 (9th Cir. 2021) (holding that a state-law claim about “misleading” retained-water labeling in chicken products was pre-empted by the PPIA) Text
Theodoropoulos v. Cty. of Los Angeles, No. 219CV00417JGBKES, 2019 WL 5978876 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 13, 2019) (challenging excessive fees on vendors) Text
Maeda v. Pinnacle Foods Inc., 390 F. Supp. 3d 1231 (D. Haw. 2019) (claim that Hawaiian branded snacks misled consumers to believe that the food was made in Hawaii with local, Hawaiian ingredients) Text
N. Am. Meat Inst. v. Becerra, 420 F. Supp. 3d 1014 (C.D. Cal 2019) (challenge to Prop 12 prohibition on the sale of veal and pork from animals confined in a “cruel manner”) Text
Mahgerefteh v. City of Torrance, 324 F. Supp. 3d 1121 (C.D. Cal. 2018) (constitutionality of municipal code relating to the farmers’ market) Text
Atay v. County of Maui, 842 F.3d 688 (9th Cir. 2016) (county ordinance banning genetically engineered/genetically modified foods) Text
Black Star Farms, LLC v. Oliver, 544 F.Supp.2d 913 (D. Ariz. 2008) (challenge to state scheme regulating distribution of out of state wine) Text
Lion Raisins Inc. v. US Dept of Agri., 354 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 2004) (Lion falsifying inspection certificates) Text
TENTH CIRCUIT
Othart Dairy Farms, LLC v. Dairy Farmers of Am., Inc., 720 F. Supp. 3d 1087 (D.N.M. 2024) (a dairy cooperative’s motion to dismiss was denied in anti-trust case brought by the cooperative’s members) Text
Thorton v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 28 F.4th 1016 (10th Cir. 2022) (holding that plaintiff’s beef product deceptive-labeling claim was pre-empted by the Federal Meat Inspection Act and Food Safety and Inspection Service approval). Text
Ranchers Cattlemen Action v. US Dep’t of Agriculture (35 F.4th 1225, 2005) (compliance with FACA’s procedural requirements) Text
Randleas v. Neece, No. 00-1424-JTM, 2002 WL 226401 (D. Kan. Feb. 8, 2002) (termination from farmer’s market cooperative) Text
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
Etherton v. City of Rainsville, 662 F. App’x 656 (11th Cir. 2016) (zoning ordinance prohibiting chicken farms) Text
United States v. Ocala Live Stock Mkt., Inc., 861 F. Supp. 2d 1328 (M.D. Fla. 2012) (selling livestock in violation of the Packers and Stockyards Act) Text
Levin v. City of Palm Beach Gardens City Attorney’s Office ex rel. Tatum, 303 Fed. App’x 847 (11th Cir. 2008) (alleging discriminatory farmers market classifications) Text
D.C. CIRCUIT
Aragon v. Rollins, No. CV 2609861 (ABJ), 2026 WL 1786275 (D.D.C. June 22, 2026) (challenging pilot project restricting SNAP participants purchases) Text
Urb. Sustainability Directors Network v. United States Dep’t of Agric., No. CV 25-1775 (BAH), 2025 WL 2374528, at *2 (D.D.C. Aug. 14, 2025) (agriculture-related nonprofits challenge USDA’s termination of grants) Text
McAfee v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 541 F.Supp.3d 21, 2021 WL 2073402 (D.D.C. 2021) (required pasteurization of butter) Text
District of Columbia v. U.S. Dep’t of Agri., 496 F.Supp.3d 213 (D.D.C. 2020) (USDA limiting state implemented waivers of work requirements for SNAP eligibility) Text
Food & Water Watch, Inc. v. Vilsack, 808 F.3d 905 (D.C. Cir. 2015) (challenging poultry-processing inspection process) Text
PETA V. US Dep’t of Agri., 797 F.3d 1087 (D.C. Cir. 2015) (USDA’s execution of Animal Welfare Act re: birds) Text
American Meat Insti.et al. v. US Dep’t of Agri, 760 F.3d 18 (D.C. Cir. 2014) (mandates disclosure of country-of-origin information on meat products) Text
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund v. Vilsack, 636 F.Supp.2d 116 (D.D.C. 2009) (challenging the National Animal Identification System) Text
Munsell, et al v. U.S. Dep’t of agri., 509 F.3d 572 (D.C. Cir. 2007) (Plaintiff Challenged USDA enforcement Directive and Seeking Protections from Future Acts of Retaliation by FSIS Officials) Text
Nat’l Women, Infants, & Children Grocers Ass’n v. Food & Nutrition Serv., 416 F.Supp.2d 92 (D.D.C. 2006) (WIC; small business) Text
Nat’l Women, Infants, & Children Grocers Ass’n v. Food & Nutrition Serv., Civ.A. 05-2432(EGS), 2005 WL 3576840 (D.D.C. Dec. 29, 2005) (WIC; enjoined)
ARIZONA
A & P Ranch Ltd. V. Cochise Cnty., CV-25-0217-PR, 2026 WL 2131362 (2026) (construing a statute to disallow separate valuation of permanent crops from the agricultural land) Text
CALIFORNIA
City of Santa Clarita v. Jacky, 2023 Cal. Super. LEXIS 94517 (Cal. Super. Ct. Oct. 31, 2023) (holding that a city ordinance requiring licensing and permitting of sidewalk food vendors is not preempted by state law)
Quesada v. Herb Thyme Farms, Inc., 62 Cal. 4th 298 (2015) (state consumer fraud claim regarding organic produce) Text
California Grocers Assn. v. City of Los Angeles, 52 Cal. 4th 177, 254 P.3d 1019 (2011) (labor and employment, preemption with city employment and health and safety codes) Text
Clasby v. McColm, No. B209008, 2010 WL 312523 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 28, 2010) (exclusion from operating in farmers’ market) Text
Gallo Cattle Co. v. Kawamura, 159 Cal. App. 4th 948 (2008) (challenging state milk assessments for generic advertising that stimulate in-state dairy product sales) Text
Bronco Wine Co. v. Jolly, 129 Cal. App. 4th 988 (Cal. Ct. App., 2005) (geographic labeling, wine) Text
CONNECTICUT
Szynkowicz v. State, 65 Conn. L. Rptr. 777, 2018 WL 1041506 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2018) (farm stand insurance)
Eldridge v. Town of Stafford Planning and Zoning Commission, 2018 WL 7046889 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2018) (farm stands and zoning)
Pukonen v. Guilford Planning & Zoning Com’n, No. NNHCV136039560S, 2015 WL 1086869 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2015) (farm stand special use permit)
Caparaso v. Prospect Zoning Bd. Of Appeals, No. UWYCV126012856S, 2013 WL 2383607 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2013) (Community Supporting Agriculture zoning)
Zanette v. Planning & Zoning Board of Appeals, 2006 WL 3316770 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2006) (farm stands and zoning)
Abrams v. Jones, 2005 WL 1331232 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2005) (product liability, apple cider)
Messina v. Fifty Acres, L.L.C., 2004 WL 945058 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2004) (farm stands and zoning)
FLORIDA
Morris v. Fifty-Fifty, Inc., 2023 Fla. Cir. LEXIS 4999 (Nov. 8, 2023) (holding that a farmers market fulfilled its duty to a business invitee by placing signs around the uneven concrete that caused her to fall and led to her injury)
Ricketts v. Village of Miami Shores, 232 So.3d 1095 (2017) (ordinance prohibiting residents from growing vegetables in their respective front yards) Text
GEORGIA
Newton v. Jacobs, 854 S.E. 2d 359 (Ga. Ct. of App, 2021) (burning off crop residue, its effect on neighboring farms, and application of Burning Act) Text
Murray v. DeKALB Farmers Market, Inc., 699 S.E.2d 842 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010) (implied warranty of merchantability in farmers market lobster sale) Text
Ga. Dep’t of Agric. v. Brown, 607 S.E.2d 259 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004) (revocation of license to sell at farmers’ market) Text
ILLINOIS
LMP Services, Inc., et al. v. The City of Chicago, 160 N.E.3d 822 (Ill. 2019) (challenging anti food truck ordinance) Text
Village of LaFayette v. Brown, 27 N.E.3d 687 (2015) (ordinance making commercial farming a nuisance, Farm Nuisance Suit Act) Text
LMP Services Inc. v. The City of Chicago, 95 N.E.3d 1259 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017) (challenging anti food truck ordinance) Text
INDIANA
TDM Farms, Inc. of N. Carolina v. Wilhoite Fam. Farm, LLC., 969 N.E.2d 97 (Ind. Ct. App. 2012) (Indiana Right to Farm Act) Text
Daily v. Columbus Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 909 N.E.2d 1038 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009) (denial of temporary use permit for a farmers’ market) Text
Daily v. Columbus Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 904 N.E.2d 343 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009) (denial of temporary use permit for a farmers’ market) Text
Westfield Cos. v. Knapp, 804 N.E.2d 1270 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004) (personal injury on farm) Text
LOUISIANA
Cargill, Incorporated v. Syngenta Seeds, 355 So. 3d 103 (La. Ct. App. 2022) (La. Law about recovering damages based on predictions of a “reasonable probable” government action) Text
French Market Vendors Ass’n, Inc. v. French Market Corp., 155 So.3d 514 (La. Ct. App. 2013) (farmer’s market vendor rules) Text
MAINE
State v. Brown, 95 A.3d 82 (Me. 2014) (violations of state licensing and labeling laws) Text
Harvey v. Veneman, No. CIV. 02-216-P-H, 2003 WL 22327171, at *15 (D. Me. Oct. 10, 2003) (Organic Farm Program Act inhibits local food production)
MARYLAND
In re Foster Farm, 492 Md. 244 (2025) (nuisance complaints resulting from use and stockpiling of biosolids on farm) Text
Pizza di Joey, LLC v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 209 A.3d 184 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2019) (food truck ordinance) Text
Long Green Valley Ass’n v. Prigel Fam. Creamery, 206 Md. App. 264 (2012) (zoning exception for farmstead creamery operation of farm market and roadside stand) Text
Oyarzo v. Md. Dep’t of Health & Mental Hygiene, 978 A.2d 804 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2009) (ban on selling raw milk; farmer precluded from selling shares in herd for raw milk) Text
MASSACHUSETTS
Cmty. Involved in Sustaining Agric., Inc. v. Bd. of Assessors of Deerfield, 86 Mass. App. Ct. 1119, 19 N.E.3d 866 (2014) (local food donation, taxation) Text
Teti v. Town of Sherborn, Nos. 09 MISC 414330(KFS), 2013 WL 6410547 (Mass. Land Ct. 2013) (farm stand zoning)
Town of Uxbridge ex rel. Girouard v. Vecchione, 21 Mass. L. Rptr. 307, (Mass. Super. Ct. 2006) (farm stand and zoning, loam removal)
DiGiovanni v. Gulberg, 2005 WL 1593608 (Mass. Land Ct. 2005) (farm stand and zoning) Text
Stephens v. Zoning Bd. Of Appeals of Groton, 781 N.E.2d 71 (Mass. App. Ct. 2003) (farm stand zoning) Text
MICHIGAN
Cnty. Of Mason v. Indian Summer Co-op., Inc., No. 301952 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012) (farmer cooperative; county zoning; Right to Farm Act) Text
Salmon v. City of Cadillac, 2005 WL 3416119 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005) (exclusion from farmers’ market) Text
Village of Rothbury v. Double JJ Resort Ranch, Inc., 2004 WL 1837835 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004) (zoning and Right to Farm Act) Text
MINNESOTA
Astramecki v. Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture, No. A14-1367, 2015 WL 2341509 (Minn. Ct. App. 2015) (Minnesota food handlers licensing) Text
Minnesota v. Hartmann, 700 N.W.2d 449 (Minn. 2005) (inspection of custom-processed meat) Text
MISSOURI
State ex. Rel. Koster v. Morningland of the Ozarks, LLC, 384 S.W.3d 346 (Mo. Ct. App. 2012) (state condemnation and destruction of raw milk cheese inventory) Text
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Forster v. Town of Henniker, 167 N.H. 745, 118 A.3d 1016 (2015) (appeal of town zoning board of adjustment determination) Text
Carter v. Concord Gen. Mut. Ins. Co., 924 A.2d 411 (N.H. 2007) (personal injury and hayrides) Text
NEW JERSEY
Re: Russo v. Township of Plumsted (Tax Ct. of NJ, 2022) (NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP)’s prohibition of recycling, solid waste, and industrial activities on the land) Text
Twp. v. Sussex Cnty. Agric. Dev. Bd., No. A-1360-14T1, 2016 WL 6156202 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Oct. 24, 2016) (addressing what constitutes a “farm market” under applicable zoning ordinance)
NJSPCA v. NJ Dept of Agri., 955 A. 2d 886 (N.J. Sup. Ct. 2008) (NJ Dept of Agri’s Mandate re: humane handling of domestic livestock) Text
NEW YORK
Town of Brookhaven v. Ball, 239 A.D.3d 172 (2025) (challenge to zoning enforcement that unreasonably impacted sod farm; Agriculture and Markets Law) Text
Matter of City of New York v. Ball, 254 N.Y.S.3d 677 (App. Div. 2026) (holding that state law does not supersede a local law banning the sale of foie gras in New York City restaurants and retail food stores) Text
Meadowsweet Dairy, LLC v. Hooker, 71 A.D.3d 1266 (2010) (herd-share agreement required raw milk permit to sell to consumers) Text
Inter-Lakes Health, Inc. v. Town of Ticonderoga Town Bd., 13 A.D.3d 846 (2004) (challenge to zoning ordinance prohibiting farming and farming-related activities) Text
OHIO
Rhoads v. Olde Worthington Bus. Ass’n, 246 N.E.3d 87 (2024) (farm vendor removed from participation in farmer’s market; claims of breach of contract, defamation, tortious interference with contract) Text
Miami Township Board of Trustees v. Powlette, 197 N.E.3d 998 (2022) (barn used as wedding venue did not constitute agritourism under the Ohio Revenue Code) Text
Erie Ins. Exchange v. Bullock, 55 N.E.3d 460 (Ohio Ct. App, 2015) (property/fire insurance and local egg sales) Text
Stowers v. Ohio Dept. of Agriculture, No. 10CA009782, 2011 WL 2176512 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011) (unlicensed local food retailer) Text
A & Q Mkt., Inc. v. Liquor Control Comm., 2009-Ohio-5783 (revoking liquor permit holder’s liquor license) Text
Auchi v. Ohio Liquor Control Comm’n, 2003-Ohio-7233 (appeal from decision of the state Liquor Control Commission) Text
OREGON
Central Oregon Locavore v. Deschutes County Assessor, No. TC-MD 170319G, 2018 WL 6253813 (Or. Tax Magistrate Div. 2018) (non-profit local food store tax exemption) Text
Greenfield v. Multnomah County, 317 P.3d 274 (Or Ct. App. 2013) (Oregon’s farm stand statute) Text
PENNSYLVANIA
Dep’t of Agric. by Redding v. Miller, 329 A.3d 145 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2025) (denial of preliminary injunction against a farmer’s raw milk sales out of state) Text
Lancaster Agri. Preserve Bd. v. Fryberger, 257 A. 3d 192 (2021) (Pa. Cmmw. Ct. 2021) (irrigation easement and building a sewage disposal system) Text
Schaal v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review, 870 A.2d 952 (Pa. Cmmw. Ct. 2005) (agricultural labor and unemployment) Text
VERMONT
Agency of Natural Resources v. McGee, 151 A. 3d 1240 (Vt. 2016) (penalty against unpermitted fill in wetland) Text
In re Fuad Ndibalema SNF Freshstart, LLC, No. 2016-049, 2016 WL 5921035 (Vt. 2016) (fair stand license suspension) Text
VIRGINIA
In re 8 Taft St. DRB, 221 Vt. 200 (2025) (duck-raising operation was not exemption from zoning regulations prohibiting agricultural establishments) Text
Wetlands Trust v. White Cloud Nine Ventures, 782 S.E.2d 131 (Sup. Ct. of Va, 2016) (conservation easement regarding wetlands) Text
Hill v. Commonwealth, 624 S.E.2d 666 (Va. Ct. App. 2006) (searches and seizures; goat cheese manufacturing) Text
WISCONSIN
Buchholz v. Schmidt, 413 Wis.2d 308 (2024) (farmland drainage as an agricultural use) Text
Wisconsin Cottage Food Ass’n v. WI Dep’t of Agric., Trade & Consumer Prot., 2024 WI App 69 (Wis. Ct. App. 2024) (challenge to retail food establishment law imposing requirements on cottage food sellers) Text
Young Minds Christian Preparatory Sch. v. Wisconsin Dep’t of Pub. Instruction, 2015 WI App 37, 363 Wis. 2d 655, 862 N.W.2d 902 (repay funds under National School Lunch Program) Text
Holy Redeemer Church of God in Christ, Inc. v. State Dep’t of Pub. Instruction, 2015 WI App 13, 359 Wis. 2d 675, 859 N.W.2d 629 (reimbursements for its school meals program) Text
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund v. Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, 356 Wis.2d 829 (Wis. Ct. App. 2014) (right to consume unpasteurized milk) Text
Meyer v. Town of Milton, 268 Wis.2d 844 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003) (farm stand and zoning) Text