Food Law: Resources for Agriculture and Farming Issues

Includes multi-state materials which help land owners and land operators discuss and resolve issues to avoid legal risk. The website also guides both land owners and land operators towards informed and equitable decisions.

Publications on preserving affordable working farms, creation and management of community land trusts (CLTs), and promoting economic justice and property reform.

Non-profit, protects the rights of farmers and consumers to engage in direct commerce; it protects the rights of farmers to sell the products of the farm and the rights of consumers to access the foods of their choice from the source of their choice. FTCLDF is a true grassroots organization and receives no government funding and little or no corporate funding.

Includes information under Library and then Resources on business structures, land matters, food safety, and sales & contracts. The Library link first shows you common questions by topic, which then point you to the documents on the website that pertain to that issue.

Farmers’ Legal Action Group (FLAG) is a nonprofit law center dedicated to providing legal services and support to family farmers and their communities in order to help keep family farmers on the land. Includes sample documents. Does focus on Minnesota law.

The Farmers Market Legal Toolkit includes legal resources, best practice recommendations, and case studies for market leaders on selecting and enhancing business structures, accepting SNAP benefits, and managing common risks.

This toolkit includes farm case studies to illustrate innovative models of farmland access, farm transfer, and the strategic use of conservation tools to enhance the affordability of farm access and transfer, and to keep farmland in farming.

Provides links to information about leasing, including a build-a-lease tool, negotiating leases, farm seekers, farm transfer planning, landowners, professionals, and communities.

Project of the Conservation Law Foundation. Resource Library includes information on starting and running a business, contracts, nonprofits, land access, employment, and more.

The National Agricultural Law Center is the only agricultural law research and information facility that is independent, national in scope, and directly connected to the national agricultural information network. As a result of the expanding scope of agricultural law and its convergence with related areas, the Center also includes food law in the scope of its coverage.

Provides information about Agriculture Co-ops. Under resources, there is a State Cooperative Statute Library that includes a link to an Excel spreadsheet with detailed information on general purpose, worker, and agriculture cooperatives in all 50 states, D.C., territories, and tribes.

Provides useful news and information related to farming cooperatives. The NCFC is an organization of regional and national farmer cooperatives.

Non-profit corporation that supports community resilience and grassroots economic empowerment. They provide essential legal tools so communities everywhere can develop their own sustainable sources of food, housing, energy, jobs, and other vital aspects of a thriving community.

Provides links to co-ops 101 booklet that discusses what co-ops are, and USDA cooperative information.