Farm Law 101 Training

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In this training, Stephen Carpenter, Senior Staff Attorney at Farmers’ Legal Action Group (FLAG), shares about the basic principles of farm law, including contracts, debtor creditor law, liability, government regulation, and discrimination. Stephen Carpenter has worked as an attorney at Farmers’ Legal Action Group Inc. (FLAG) since 1993. FLAG is a nonprofit law firm that works on behalf of family farmers. Stephen is at scarpenter@flaginc.org. FLAG is at flaginc.org.

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Farm Law 101 Document

Drawing on FLAG’s legal expertise, this document outlines the basic principles of agricultural law. In this document, Stephen Carpenter, Senior Staff Attorney, covers the following topics: