Farmland Access Legal Services Office Hours
Date and time
Location
Vassar College Farm and Ecological Preserve
51 Vassar Farm Lane
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
An opportunity for farmers to meet one-on-one with attorneys specializing in farmland access issues.
About this event
Waitlist
Registration for this event closed on November 1. If you missed the deadline, please email land@youngfarmers.org to be added to the waitlist.
Legal advice for your farmland access questions
If you're hunkering down on any land access, business planning, or farm transition projects this winter, chances are you would benefit from professional legal advice.
Join the National Young Farmers Coalition and Pace-NRDC Food Law Initiative for an "office hours" event, where we will pair you up with attorneys for clinic-style meetings about any legal issue related to accessing farmland, starting a farm business, or transitioning farmland to a new generation. This event is free for farmers.
What are you working on this winter?
We can pair you up with attorneys with the following specialties:
- Farmland leases
- Farm purchase agreements
- Land or business transitions
- Business entity formation, including co-ops, LLCs and non-profits
- Tax issues, agriculture assessments
- Insurance and risk management
- Development rights
- Zoning
- Estate planning
- Copyright and trademark
- Domestic issues
- And more – be sure to suggest your specific legal need using our registration form
You MUST register by Nov. 1 to indicate your legal support interests/needs.
Note: We may not be able to offer legal technical assistance for all topics. Please register early to give us the best chance of finding support for your needs.
Questions? Reach out to land@youngfarmers.org.
This event is co-hosted by the National Young Farmers Coalition and the Pace-NRDC Food Law Initiative, a collaboration between the Elisabeth Haub School of Law Environmental Law Program and the Natural Resources Defense Council.