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‘MAHA’ Movement: Defining Ultra-processed Foods

This month California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1264 into law. This landmark legislation creates a statutory definition of ultra-processed foods...

Court Dismisses PFAS Case Brought by Farmers Against EPA

In late September 2025, a federal court in D.C. dismissed a case filed by farmers and ranchers in Texas against the...

2025 Legislative Recap: Continued Expansion of State-Level Foreign Ownership Restrictions

by NALC staff During the 2025 legislative session, most states considered at least one bill aimed at enacting or amending a...

2023 AEWR Rule Vacated

Introduction  A federal judge in Louisiana recently issued a final judgment that will impact the way farm worker wages are calculated...

‘MAHA’ Movement: State Agency Actions and Consumer Legal Challenges

by Staff Attorney Emily Stone Over the past year, the nutrition and health initiative Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) spearheaded by...

Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to Texas’ Newly Enacted Foreign Ownership Law

by NALC staff During the 2025 legislative session, Texas became the twenty-eighth state to adopt legislation–Senate Bill 17 (“SB 17”) –prohibiting...

Lawsuit Challenges Registration of Enlist One and Enlist Duo

A coalition of environmental groups lead by the Center for Food Safety have asked a federal court in the District of...

Federal Court Upholds Reporting Exemption for Livestock Emissions

On August 7, 2025, a federal court in the District of Columbia issued an order to resolve a lawsuit originally filed...

Food Foundations: Standards of Identity

On July 16, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it was revoking and proposing to revoke 52...

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NALC news release: August NALC webinar to explore agricultural labor law

National Agricultural Law Center U of A System Division of Agriculture August 13, 2025 Fast facts: Aug. 20 NALC webinar will...

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The Deal With Dicamba: EPA Proposes Unconditional Registration for Over-the-Top Use

In late July 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that it had opened a public comment period on its proposal...

Food Foundations: FDA Human Food Inspections

In the first half of 2025, there have already been eight reported Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigations stemming from foodborne...

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House Passes Legislation to Increase Monitoring of Certain Foreign Investments

by NALC staff On June 23, 2025, the House passed the Agricultural Risk Review Act (H.R. 1713) which seeks to increase...

One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Nutrition Title

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed an omnibus appropriations bill into law that funded the federal government for the remainder...

Challenge to California’s Hen Housing Laws

by NALC Senior Staff Attorney Elizabeth Rumley Last week, the Trump administration reignited the legal fight over farm animal confinement laws,...

‘MAHA’ Movement: New Texas and Louisiana Laws

Over the past month, Texas and Louisiana both enacted first-in-the-nation legislation that created specific labeling requirements for food products that contain...

NALC news release: NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S. land on C-SPAN

By Drew Viguet National Agricultural Law Center U of A System Division of Agriculture July 11, 2025 Fast facts: National Ag...

Who Gets to Say? Agency Deference in a Post-Chevron World: Auer v. Robbins

Kelli Ludlum, Research Fellow Brigit Rollins, Staff Attorney The United States Supreme Court last year decided Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo,...

‘MAHA’ Movement: June 2025

Over the past few weeks, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made several announcements related to its regulation...

Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional

A federal court in the Northen District of Iowa has found the wetlands conservation program commonly known as “Swampbuster,” is constitutional....