2022 August Webinar Series: Overview of Business Structures– Business Transitions & Estate Planning Coordinations– Figuring out Commercial Insurance Needs Tax Implications & Accounting Considerations Social Enterprises, Nonprofits, Cooperatives LLCs with Butterbree Farms Laura Resnick A webinar series by Margaret Todd
Author – Samantha Fairbanks This year’s Agriculture and Environmental Law Conference keynote panel will discuss the 2023 Farm Bill. The panel features Dr. Stephanie Mercier, an agricultural policy consultant, alongside Dr. Roger Cryan, the Chief Economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation. The discussion will revolve around themes policymakers will likely consider in drafting the upcoming farm bill, including Farm Production and Conservation; Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs; Rural Development; and Food and […]
Author – Samantha Fairbanks The Agriculture Law Education Initiative’s (ALEI) 2022 Agriculture and Environmental Law Conference will feature a panel discussing environmental justice (EJ) in Maryland. Specifically, the panel will explore how a new EJ screening tool and recent changes to state law will impact equity. This panel features Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Assistant Secretary Devon Dodson alongside student attorneys from the Maryland Carey Law Environmental Law Clinic. The panel will […]
By Codi Coulter Mark Hoffman is the Maryland Director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission. At this year’s Agriculture and Environmental Law Conference he will speak in the “Legislative Strategies for Reaching Ag Sector 2025 Chesapeake Bay Clean-up Goals” panel alongside Jason Keppler, the Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Watershed Implementation Program Director and acting Conservation Grants Program manager. For more information about the Conference and to register, visit go.umd.edu/umlawconfreg21. The Chesapeake Bay Commission comprises 21 members […]
On March 15, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued its final rule extending the compliance dates for the agricultural water requirements under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. Under the final rule, larger farms are now required to comply with the agricultural water requirements by January 26, 2022, while small farms have until January 26, 2023, and very small farms have until January 26, 2024. You can read the […]
