{"id":22334,"date":"2025-12-17T19:41:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/?p=22334"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:21:39","slug":"agricultural-law-conference-guides-maryland-farmers-through-uncertain-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpower.maryland.edu\/agricultural-law-conference-guides-maryland-farmers-through-uncertain-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Agricultural Law Conference Guides Maryland Farmers Through Uncertain Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><sub>Pictured L to R: Erin Duru, Del. Lorig Charkoudian, Nancy Nunn, and Megan Todd discussed food security in Maryland at the 2025 ALEI Conference.<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umaryland.edu\/news\/archived-news\/december-2025\/agricultural-law-conference-guides-maryland-farmers-through-uncertain-times.php\">UMB&#8217;s website<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Adapted for the MPower website<\/strong>  |    <strong>December 17, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Farmers, legal scholars, environmentalists, and state officials gathered in Annapolis on Nov. 10 for the 2025 Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference, where discussions centered on building resilient local food systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a pre-lunch address at the conference hosted by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/umaglaw.org\/\">University of Maryland Agriculture Law Education Initiative<\/a><\/strong> (<strong>ALEI<\/strong>),\u00a0Ren\u00e9e Laurent, JD, dean of the\u00a0University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in Baltimore, acknowledged the challenges farmers face as they scramble to keep up with policy shifts affecting everything from global trade to SNAP benefits to climate-smart agriculture grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s dizzying imagining how hard it would be to keep up with changes,\u201d Laurent said. \u201cThat highlights just how really critically important the work of ALEI is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference is an annual highlight for ALEI, a University of Maryland Strategic Partnership:\u00a0<em>MPowering the State (MPower)\u00a0<\/em>initiative that is a collaboration of Maryland Carey Law; the College of Agriculture &amp; Natural Resources (AGNR) at the University of Maryland, College Park; and the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. Launched in 2013, ALEI\u2019s mission is to educate and serve Maryland family farmers by providing expert information and training on complex legal issues such as estates and trusts, regulatory compliance, and farm food safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Maryland\u2019s Agricultural Priorities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In his keynote speech, Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Atticks outlined three priorities for Maryland agriculture. Conservation is paramount, he said, adding that the state\u2019s Department of Agriculture will launch the Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming Program in 2026 to encourage farmers to increase conservation practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agricultural literacy and food system resiliency round out the priorities, particularly relevant given recent SNAP benefit disruptions that caused payment delays and uncertainty for the 42 million Americans relying on nutrition assistance. Atticks pointed to lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, when supply chain failures left grocery stores empty while local farmers had abundant food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atticks noted improvements require changing the law. \u201cIt\u2019s changing our food system, little tweaks here and there, like 20 percent buying local here, or one more school system decides to buy local there. It\u2019s decoding what they need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Farmers and Food Security<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Megan Todd, JD, senior research associate and managing director of ALEI at Maryland Carey Law, moderated a food security panel that explored the impact of federal policy changes as well as state and local solutions. She noted that over 600,000 Maryland residents who receive SNAP benefits were thrown into a period of nutritional uncertainty when benefits were disrupted during the federal government shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a very timely topic, not just because of the work that we\u2019ve been doing, but for many other unfortunate reasons,\u201d Todd said. \u201cThis situation that we have is truly unprecedented.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The panel featured Erin Duru, assistant director of Maryland\u2019s SNAP-Ed program; Nancy Nunn, assistant director of the AGNR Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology; and Del. Lorig Charkoudian, District 20, Montgomery County, a longtime advocate for local food access and farm-to-school programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through a Sustainable Agriculture and Education grant, Todd&#8217;s team has provided technical assistance to help 26 Maryland farmers navigate the complex process of becoming authorized SNAP vendors. The work addresses both market access for farmers and food security for low-income residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFarmers that I work with are truly invested in their communities,\u201d Todd said. \u201cThey\u2019re truly invested in the idea of helping to make the people in their community healthier, and that also comes with the benefit of supporting their business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charkoudian asked attendees how many were familiar with the Certified Local Farm and Fish Program enacted in 2022. A few raised their hands. \u201cIt seems like such an obvious idea that\u2019s taken years and years,\u201d she said of the program she described as a \u201cwork in progress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program is designed to increase economic participation of Maryland farms and seafood processors by requiring state agencies to purchase 20 percent of food from farms meeting Maryland nutrient management standards. If they don\u2019t use Maryland farmers, agencies must provide justification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re forcing the conversation,\u201d she said, noting that Maryland farmers have been boxed out of state procurement because they weren\u2019t part of international distribution chains. \u201cNow we\u2019re able to talk to a farmer who didn\u2019t get the contract, and it was because the sizes of the eggs didn\u2019t work for the prison system. So now we can start to look at the prison system rules about egg size and say, \u2018Do we really need that rule?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Farmer\u2019s Perspective<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>VK Holtzendorf, owner of Red Top Farm and an 11-year conference attendee, emphasized the connection between food assistance programs and farm viability. Her 13-acre farm in southern Anne Arundel County specializes in winter greens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the pandemic, when her restaurant clients were shuttered, Holtzendorf provided produce to a local church food pantry. Police directed traffic as cars lined up for the distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey were gone in an hour, and we just had no idea the demand,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holtzendorf noted that SNAP program disruptions create a ripple effect throughout the agricultural community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you threaten cuts, not only do you hurt the people who are using the SNAP benefits, but the farmers, too,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other panels addressed pressing farming and environmental issues including transmission line development across agricultural land, riparian buffers, solar energy expansion, Maryland\u2019s new heat illness prevention standard and federal appropriations for USDA programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paul Goeringer, JD, MS, LLM<\/strong>, AGNR principal faculty specialist and extension specialist, provided a comprehensive 2025 agricultural and environmental law update with an eye on changes coming in 2026. He discussed recent state right-to-farm rulings, evolving PFAS (so-called \u201cforever chemicals\u201d that build up in the environment and may be linked to certain health issues) litigation and regulation, and key legislative changes impacting agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>MPowering the State<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Laurent praised ALEI\u2019s ability to support Maryland agriculture through uncertain times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy working together, our impact is so much larger than any of us working alone,\u201d she said. \u201cThis partnership helps us to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>MPower<\/em> specifically has enabled the law school to expand clinical programs, host specialized events, and offer courses on agricultural law. 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