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Food and Beverage News and Trends - September 2024

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This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape. USDA guideline encourages third-party certification of animal-raising and...more

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP

The 2018 Farm Bill’s Effect on State Cannabis Laws

Whether you practice full time as a cannabis attorney, dabble in cannabis law, or are simply interested in the evolving federal views and laws on marijuana, you may have caught wind that the federal Agriculture Improvement...more

Alston & Bird

FDA Seeks to Reform Approach to Regulation of Ingredients Used in Animal Food

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With the memorandum of understanding between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Association of Animal Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) set to expire, the FDA is proposing an alternative path to market for the...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Foie Gras Faux Pas: City Runs A-fowl of State Farming Protections

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In City of New York v Ball, 2024 NY Slip Op 24179 [Sup Ct, Albany County 2024], the Albany County Supreme Court upheld a determination of the Commissioner (“Commissioner”) of the Department of Agriculture and Markets...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Budding Issues? The Fading Smoke of One Union at a Cannabis Workplace in Massachusetts

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Employees at a Cresco Labs cannabis cultivation facility in Massachusetts recently made an unexpected and significant decision: they chose to say goodbye to their union membership just shy of their first...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Historic Shift in U.S. Drug Policy: DEA Proposes to Reclassify Marijuana

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is on the brink of reclassifying marijuana, marking a watershed moment in American drug policy. For decades, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule I drug, alongside...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Cultivating Innovation in Agribusiness: Drafting AI Patents—Part 2

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In this follow-up blog, we explore the intricacies of artificial intelligence (AI) patents in the AgTech and Agribusiness industry, highlighting significant hurdles and strategic considerations essential to keep front of mind...more

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Cultivating Innovation in Agribusiness: The Surge of AI Patents—Part 1

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This blog is part of a two-part series on patents and artificial intelligence technology in the AgTech and Agribusiness Industry. Part two, Cultivating Innovation in Agribusiness: Drafting AI Patents outlines some of the...more

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What's Next For Agribusiness in Alberta

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The Bennett Jones Agribusiness group attended the Calgary Chamber Alberta Next Series on Agribusiness, eager to hear from industry leaders and policy makers on the latest trends in Alberta’s constantly evolving agriculture...more

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New York District Court Enjoins Enforcement of Law Limiting Employer Speech During Organizing Campaigns

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A federal judge in New York recently cast doubt on the validity of state laws that seek to restrict employer speech in connection with union organizing. In New York State Vegetable Growers Association, Inc. v. Letitia James,...more

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Harvesting Climate Benefits from the 2024 Farm Bill

The Farm Bill is the most significant environmental law Congress will address this year. This third of four blogs explains how it can help American agriculture be more resilient and climate-friendly. Most Federal Farm...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

All the Outcomes of a Marijuana Reschedule

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Between LinkedIn, Twitter, the media, and diehard marijuana investors, there is more noise and froth in the industry about a marijuana reschedule than I’ve seen since Washington and Colorado legalized it back in 2012. When...more

White & Case LLP

The new guidelines on cooperation in the agri-food sector show a more pragmatic approach to sustainability agreements under EU...

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On 7 December 2023, the EC published new guidelines on when farmers and agriculture related businesses can, subject to certain conditions, enter into cooperation agreements on sustainability without breaching EU competition...more

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Historic Cannabis Rescheduling on the Horizon? It's Up to the DEA Now

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In October of 2022, the Biden Administration started an official cannabis policy review process, which began with granting pardons to all people convicted of simple cannabis possession under federal law. At the time, this was...more

K&L Gates LLP

Real Estate Beneficial Ownership Regulatory Alert: Complying with Foreign Ownership Reporting Requirements in US Real Estate

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The rise of foreign investment in the United States has renewed concern about tracking foreign inbound investment, as demonstrated by the passage of the Corporate Transparency Act and the expansion of CFIUS's purview with...more

Bennett Jones LLP

What's Driving Vertical Farming in Canada?

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Vertical farming is gaining momentum in Canada, driven in large part by changing consumer tastes, the need for greater sustainability and advanced technology....more

Ruder Ware

Sibling Rivalry: Splitting the Farm Between Multiple Children

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About 98 percent of U.S. farms are family-owned, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. So most farm owners are not surprised that an important part of farm succession planning is balancing the expectations of and...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Spring Has Sprung in Alberta With New Agri-Processing Tax Credit

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Alberta is launching a new agri-processing tax credit in Spring 2023 to attract new large-scale investment to the sector and expand opportunities for primary producers....more

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Food is finally on the table of global environmental summits, but to what end?

Industrial food systems are responsible for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions and are a key driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss, threatening more than 85 percent of the 28,000 species at risk of extinction. But...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Financing Options for an Early Stage Company in the Alternative Protein Industry

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This article is Part A of the fifth alert in our series of alerts focussed on the alternative protein industry. It provides an overview of financing options for players in the industry and specifically discusses information...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Afflux de capitaux de risque vers le secteur canadien des technologies agricoles

La technologie et l’innovation sont en train de transformer l’un des secteurs les plus traditionnels au Canada, et les investisseurs en capital de risque manifestent à l’égard de celui-ci un appétit qui semble insatiable....more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Venture Capital Flowing to Canadian AgTech

Technology and innovation are transforming one of Canada’s most traditional industries, and venture capitalists cannot get enough of it. While the venture capital (VC) market as a whole finds itself in the middle of a...more

Nossaman LLP

California Announces New Emergency Drought Regulations

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On May 24, 2022, the California State Water Resources Control Board announced emergency drought restrictions resulting from Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-7-22. The regulations are the latest in a series of attempts by...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Trends to Watch in Agribusiness

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In 2020, just before the pandemic hit, Bennett Jones Agribusiness, Food and Beverage practice group wrote about trends in agribusiness, namely AgTech, ESG and Export and Trade. After two years, the Bennett Jones Agribusiness...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Takeaways from the 2022 Industrial Hemp Summit

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Ward and Smith's Hemp and Cannabis Law attorneys recently attended the fifth annual Industrial Hemp Summit.  After another year of adjustments and uncertainty caused by COVID-19 and other global factors, it was refreshing to...more

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