The Shellfish Aquaculture Lease Transfer Fact Sheet and Webinar are now available to download on the ALEI website. The PDF version of the fact sheet can be downloaded here. The post Shellfish Aquaculture Lease Transfer Fact Sheet now Available Online appeared first on Agriculture Law Education Initiative ..read more

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 The post ALEI August Webinar Series now available to view online appeared first on Agriculture Law Education Initiative ..read more

    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 Nutrition Security. The panelists will discuss proposed chang ..read more

    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 focus on how the use of the new EJ screening tool and the resulting EJ sc ..read more

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 in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. E ..read more

By Codi Coulter Bianca Soto-Gomez will appear at this year’s Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference on a panel titled “Using Legal Education to Increase Equitable Participation in NRCS Conservation Programs.” Other panelists include Sarah Hirsh, Ph.D., an extension agent with University of Maryland Extension, and Sarah Everhart, the Agriculture Law Education Initiative’s senior research associate and legal specialist. For more information about the Conference and to register, visit go.umd.edu/umlawconfreg21. Soto-Gomez is a District Conservationist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture ..read more

By Codi Coulter At this year’s Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference, Delegate Lorig Charkoudian will be part of the panel “Strengthening Local Food Systems Through Law and Policy: the Role of Food Policy Councils and the Certified Local Farm Enterprise Program” along with Karen Fedor, Certified Local Farm Program director, and Justin Hayes, Assistant Attorney General, both with the Maryland Department of Agriculture. The panelists will discuss the role of recently developed programs in addressing supply chain and equity issues in Maryland’s food system. For more information about the ..read more

By: Devin Doolan The COVID-19 pandemic has blown Maryland’s dairy industry into uncharted waters, but Brooks Long, a seventh generation dairy farmer in Williamsport, MD, has found success during a time when many local operations are dwindling. He and his wife, Katie, bought their dairy operation in 2009, but it was their decision to begin producing and selling their own milk in 2019 that put them in a position to succeed during the pandemic.  Their store, Deliteful Dairy, has experienced a significant increase in customers since February 2020. “We almost tripled in production,” said Long ..read more

Katie Dotter-Pyle, Co-Owner and Farmer at Cow Comfort Inn Dairy and Creamery, has put together this video explaining why dairy farmers were forced to dump some of the milk they produced as a result of COVID-19 disruptions. Her explanation was so thorough that she is now being interviewed by various news outlets, including Bloomberg News, to share her knowledge of the pandemic’s impact on milk production. To the benefit of us all, Katie will be speaking on the subject in even more detail at the 2020 Annual Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference hosted by ALEI on November 2nd!   Regi ..read more

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