As we begin August 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 July 2022.

Webinars:

• Long-Term Care Impacts on Farming Operations

Blog Posts:

• The Legality of Food Labeling Claims: How Advertisements are Regulated
• Plaintiffs & Pesticides: Honorable Mentions
• Checking In on Crop Insurance: FCIC Final Rule Amends Common Crop Insurance Policy
• Collective Bargaining Rights for Farmworkers
• The Legality of Food Labeling Claims: Claims Brought by Competitors and Consumers
• Environmental Law Highlight: Developments From the First Half of 2022
• Checking In on Crop Insurance: Overpaid Indemnities and Program Ineligibility
• Workers’ Compensation for Agricultural Workers

Outreach:

• • Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
    • July 14 – Presentation to 100 registered foresters from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi on trespassing laws for forestland; presentation held at the University of Arkansas at Hope-Texarkana.
    • July 27 – Presentation to 38 veterans that are transitioning to agriculture on issues ranging from landowner liability to business organization; presentation given at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.
  • Elizabeth Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney
    • July 31 – spoke as part of the agricultural track of the national conference of state legislatures’ annual meeting in Denver, CO
  • Jana Caracciolo, Staff Attorney
    • July 14 – presented on food safety liability risk at a continuing legal education event hosted by the Memphis Bar Association in Memphis, Tennessee