Current Issues in Ag Law
“Ag-Gag”/Farm Protection Laws
- ASPCA: What Is Ag-Gag Legislation?
- The Humane Society of the United States: Ag-Gag Laws Keep Animal Cruelty Behind Closed Doors
- Pew Charitable Trusts: Farmers Push Back Against Animal Welfare Laws
- Michigan State University Animal Legal & Historical Center: Ag-Gag Laws
- State Ag-Gag/Farm Protection Laws:
- Arkansas: HB1665
- Iowa: Iowa Code Title XVI Chapter 717A Section 717A.3A
- Kansas: Kansas Statutes Annotated Chapter 47 Article 18 Section 47-1827
- Missouri: Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 578 Section 578.013
- Montana: Montana Code Annotated Title 81 Chapter 30 Part 1
- North Dakota: North Dakota Century Code Title 12.1 Chapter 12.1-21.1
- Utah: Utah Code Title 76 Chapter 6 Part 1 Section 112
Agricultural Big Data
- Farm Bureau: Data Privacy
- Griffin Consulting LLC: Precision Agriculture & Big Data Analysis
Antimicrobial Resistance
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Antimicrobial Resistance
- Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013 — Track the Bill
- National Pork Board (Pork Check-Off): Antibiotics Use in Pork Production Facts and Information
- The Pew Charitable Trusts: Human Health and Industrial Farming
- PBS: Overview of the Antibiotics Debate
Agricultural Labor
- United States Department of Labor (DOL)
- United States Department of Labor Hour and Wage Division (WHD)
- Compliance Assistance: Wages and the Fair Labor Standard Act
- Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- elaws-Employment Law Guide: Law, Regulations, and Technical Assistance Services
- Wages and Hours Worked: Worker Protections in Agriculture
- Wages and Hours Worked: Child Labor Protections (Agricultural Work)
- Work Authorized for Non-U.S. Citizens: Temporary Agricultural Workers (H-2A Visas)
Animal Identification
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: Animal Disease Traceability Program
- USDA/APHIS: How to Comply with the Animal Disease Traceability Program (video)
- National Agricultural Law Center: Animal Identification Reading Room
Animal Welfare
- USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: Animal Welfare
- National Agriculture Law Center: Animal Identification and Tracing Reading Room
- National Agricultural Library: Farm Animals
- United Nations: Farm Animal Welfare
- World Organisation for Animal Health: Animal Welfare
- Animal Welfare Council
- Animal Agricultural Alliance
- Humane Society of the United States
Biofuels
- National Agricultural Law Center:Biofuels Statutes
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Biofuels Basics
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: Bioenergy and Biofuels
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Bioenergy
- U.S. Department of Energy: Bioenergy Basic
- International Energy Agency: Biofuels
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: BSE/Mad Cow Disease Information
- FSIS Specified Risk Materials/Guidance Materials: BSE/Downer Cows
- Food and Drug Administration: Compliance and Enforcement
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention: BSE Information
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency: BSE Information
Cannabis/Industrial Hemp Legislation
- North American Industrial Hemp Council: What is hemp?
- Federal Legislation
- Agricultural Act of 2014: Section 7606
- Federal Register: Statement of Principles on Industrial Hemp
- State Legislation
- National Conference of State Legislation: State Industrial Hemp Statutes
- Vote Hemp: Federal Legislative History of Industrial Hemp
Climate Change
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Agriculture and Food Supply Impacts & Adaptation
- United States Department of Agriculture: Climate Change Program Office
- World Bank: Agriculture and Climate Change
- National Agricultural Law Center: Climate Change Reading Room
- European Commission: Agriculture and Climate Change
Country of Origin Labeling
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Marketing Service
- National Agricultural Law Center: Country of Origin Labeling Reading Room
Farm Bill
- Agricultural Act of 2014
- United States Department of Agriculture: The Farm Bill
- United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry: 2014 Farm Bill
- United States House Committee on Agriculture: Farm Bill
- National Agricultural Law Center: United States Farm Bills
- American Farm Bureau Federation: Farm Bureau Farm Bill Resources
- New York Times: U.S. Farm Bill
Food Safety
- United States Department of Agriculture: Food Safety
- Food and Drug Administration: The New FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Food Safety at CDC
- FoodSafety.gov: Federal Food Safety Information
- U.S. National Library of Medicine: Food Safety Information
- Penn State Extension: Food Safety
Food Security
- U.S. Department of State: Office of Global Food Security
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: Global Food Security Briefing Room
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: Food Security
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: FAO Website
- World Bank: Global Food Crisis
- Global Food Security: Global Food Security
- World Food Programme: Food Security
- World Economic Forum: Agriculture and Food Security
- Penn State Ag Sciences: Northeast Food Security Project
GMO Labeling
- Food and Drug Administration: Consumer Updates
- Colorado State Extension: Current Labeling Laws
- Center for Food Safety: State Labeling Initiatives
- Information Technology & Innovation Foundation: Life Sciences
- Non-GMO Project: Working together to ensure the sustained availability of non-GMO food & products
- Genetic Literacy Project: Science Trumps Ideology
- Right to Know GMO: Interactive State Map
- Library of Congress: U.S. Restrictions on Genetically Modified Organisms
- GMO Compass
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: Avian Influenza
- USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
- Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture: Avian Influenza (Bird-Flu)
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Information on Avian Influenza
- World Health Organization: Avian Influenza Fact Sheet
- Penn State Extension: Avian Influenza
Marcellus Shale Resource Area
- Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center: Marcellus Shale Resource Area
Menu Labeling
- FDA Primary Resource Page: Menu and Vending Machines Labeling Requirements
- National Restaurant Association Menu Labeling
- Center for Science in the Public Interest: State and Menu Labeling Policies
- Health Affairs: Health Policy Brief – The FDA’s Menu-Labeling Rule
Raw Milk
- Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture: Milk Sanitation Program
- The Pennsylvania Code Title 7 Chapter 59a. Milk Sanitation
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Food Safety and Raw Milk
- Weston Price Foundation: A Campaign for Real Milk
- Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Urban Chickens
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: Biosecurity for Birds
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Penn State Extension
- Backyard Chickens: Pennsylvania Ordinances
WTO / Doha Round Trade Talks
- World Trade Organization (WTO): The Doha Round Resource Information
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: WTO Doha Negotiations
- European Commission: Trade and The Doha Round
- International Food Policy Research Institute: Doha Round Policy Considerations
- The Guardian: Business and The Doha Trade Talks
