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Agricultural Law Information Partnership

About the Agricultural Law Information Partnership

The Partnership is a collaboration between the National Agricultural Library (NAL)National Agricultural Law Center (NALC), and the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) at Vermont Law School. 

Overview

Our partners produce a range of tools and guides on agricultural and food systems legal research. Key audiences include attorneys, agricultural professionals, and the general public involved in agricultural industries in the United States.

Partners
  • National Agricultural Library (NAL)

    NAL is one of five national libraries of the United States. It houses one of the world's largest collections devoted to agriculture and its related sciences.
  • National Agricultural Law Center (NALC)

    NALC serves as the nation’s leading source of objective, scholarly, and authoritative agricultural and food law research and information, serving public and private sector stakeholders – producers, federal and state lawmakers, policymakers, land grant university faculty and academics, attorneys, and others — throughout the United States.
Topics

Key Products

Understanding FSMA's Preventive Controls Rule

A new guide from the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems in partnership with the Artisan Grain Collaborative to break down down complicated federal food safety regulations related to FSMA for food-grade grain farmers and processors.

Heirs' Property

A resource guide explaining heirs' property and highlighting tools available through federal, state, and non-governmental organizations. 

Defining Local Food: An Analysis of State Approaches and Challenges

A report put together by Center for Agriculture and Food Systems to analyze the term "local" from a legal perspective. The report describes various definitions for "local" and includes a scan laws from U.S. states.

Family Law Issues in Agriculture

This fact sheet series by the National Agricultural Law Center covers topics in family law and agriculture such as farm succession, estate planning, keeping a farm business intact, issues related to animal law, child support, equitable distribution, and mental health.

Farmland Access Legal Toolkit

The Farmland Access Legal Toolkit, created by the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems, includes legal resources to help farmers and landowners affordably access, transfer, and conserve farmland.

Ag Issues & Economic Recovery

This question and answer style guide explores agricultural issues and support for economic recovery, including information on stimulus packages, agricultural labor, and direct marketing of specialty crops.

Contact Us

Disclaimer:

Content provided on this site is for general educational purposes and should not be considered legal advice.

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Mission

The Agricultural Law Information Partnership is a collaboration between the National Agricultural Library, National Agricultural Law Center (NALC) and the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) at Vermont Law School. The Partnership supports the dissemination of agricultural and food law information to consumers, researchers and legal professionals. Agricultural law is defined broadly to include land-based agriculture, food and fiber production and systems, aquaculture and energy issues. 

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