Agricultural Mediation

The USDA funds agricultural mediators in many states whose job is to help resolved disputes and mediate disagreements in agricultural deals

• Maine Agricultural Mediation Program
• Maryland Agricultural Conflict Resolution Service
• New York Agricultural Mediation Program
• Vermont Agricultural Mediation Program

Farm Advocates and Legal Aid

• Fare Grange Law delivers legal services tailored to small and medium-sized farm and food operations, and the advocacy groups supporting those operations.
• Farm Advocate Link is a new national network of farm advocates whose mission is to train and support a new generation of farm advocates
• Farmer Resource Network Farm Aid
• The Farmers Legal Action Group (FLAG) provides free legal advice to farmers
• Farm Commons provides legal aid and resources to farm businesses like helping farmers draft sales agreements, leases, food safety plans,employee hiring, and succession plans
• Model CSA Member Agreeement
• Model Worker Share Agreement
• Farm Interns, Employees and Volunteers Agreement Documents.
• The Food Law Firm
• The Sustainable Economies Law Center
• Offers assistance and resources for navigating the economic and legal arrangements of the “new economy” – i.e., they could help you with community-based investing, cooperative structure, bartering, etc.
• Legal Aspects of Rural Living NE Beginning Farmers Guide to Farming in NY
• Resilient Communities Legal Cafe Sustainable Economies Law Center
• Legal Services Food Hub Conservation Law Foundation
• California Rural Legal Assistance
• National Agricultural Law Center
• Overview of Farm and Ranch Leases National Agricultural Law Center
• Farm and Food Legal Resources Vermont Law School

Readings in Agricultural Law and Alternative Economic Law

• Food, Farming and Sustainability Susan Schneider
• Labor Law Case Reading Room National Agricultural Law Center
• Harvard Food Law and Policy Publications
• Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy SELC
• Lincoln Institute of Land Policy