In: Sustainable Agriculture
Legal Issues with Land Trusts: Tax Benefits and the IRS Crackdown
- January 30, 2024
- Emily Stone
As conservation has grown as a priority for both those in the private and public sectors, tools like nonprofit land trusts...
Legal Issues with Land Trusts: What uses are permitted on the land?
- January 16, 2024
- Emily Stone
With an increased interest in conservation and land preservation, the use of legal tools like land trusts and conservation easements have...
Legal Issues with Land Trusts: What is a Land Trust?
- December 19, 2023
- Emily Stone
As an interest in land conservation has grown among both the public and private sectors in the last decade, land trusts...
How AMS is Promoting Local Food Systems
- September 13, 2022
- Elizabeth
Recently, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), initiated several cooperative agreement programs...
Proposed Updates to the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule
- August 16, 2022
- Elizabeth
On August 9, 2022 the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), published a...
Agriculture & The Paris Climate Agreement
- April 15, 2021
- Brigit Rollins
By: Jessie Gittemeier; Brigit Rollins The Paris Climate Agreement (Paris Agreement) is an international treaty to address climate change. It...