California Agriculture Museum and Heidrick Ag History American Agricultural Law Association The American Agricultural Law Just north of Sacramento, the Association in partnership with the Regional Conference Heidrick Ag History Center serves Agribusiness Committee and Food Law as a backdrop for the programs in Committee of the State Bar are pleased to Woodland, California. Partici- announce an all-day conference in pants may tour the museum and Sacramento on emerging topics of admire the rare examples of trac- interest to agricultural lawyers. tors, harvesters, trucks, autos, Registration: EMERGING TOPICS IN horse-drawn implements and oth- $245 postmarked by May 29th er artifacts that tell the California AGRICULTURAL LAW agricultural story. $295 postmarked May 30th or later CONSULTING 1962 Hays Lane Students - $75 registration 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Woodland, CA 95776 Lunch included in registrationSALES fee www.aghistory.org 7.0 units of general CLE offered by Kroloff, Belcher, Keynote lunch speaker – separate STAFFING Smart, Perry & Christopherson admission & fee for non- Nearby Hotels: SUPPORT attendees (more details later) Holiday Inn Express 2070 Freeway Drive Woodland CA 95776 Food Appreciation Dinner—$75 530.662.7750 (free shuttle to Heidrick Center) We have an experience designed to appeal to all your senses. Start Hampton Inn & Suites the evening with a olive oil tasting 2060 Freeway Drive and experience where we will learn Woodland, CA 95776 about these delicacies from experts and recognize the subtle variances. Both hotels offer a free Shuttle We will then progress to a “Farm to from Sacramento Airport Fork” dinner to appreciate the Thursday (request service when reserving Central Valley of California’s finest June 25, 2015 room) offerings paired with wine and beer. Traditional and vegetarian choices Woodland/Sacramento CA will be provided. All Photos Copyright Held By and With Thanks to: Steven Beckley S. Beckley & Associates EMERGING TOPICS IN AGRICULTURAL LAW

Registration Form Session 1: Trends in Legislation and Constitu- Session 3 (continued): tional Challenges And, from wineries hosting weddings and concerts, to Name: Advocates have legislated new standards pumpkin patch hayrides and farmhouse Bed & Breakfasts, and zoned for agricultural purposes is being used for a to improve the paltry living conditions for ______multitude of accessory or secondary uses, often to the poultry, prevent fattening of goose liver des- dismay of neighbors. Learn about zoning ordinances, Firm/Agency/Company: tined for foie gras and animal welfare rules agritourism, and accessory uses of ag land. for livestock. The history of Proposition 2 pre- ______sents lessons for the consideration of laws Session 4: Food Quality, Food Authenticity, Food Fraud: impacting agriculture regarding animal wel- Current Issues and Liability Exposure Address: fare, genetic engineering, organic labelling, Supply chain integrity is a new buzzword with multiple ______and food production. While there have food recalls, “Food Court” litigation cases, and the new SPONSORS been 7 years to prepare since passage of FDA Food Safety & Modernization Act regulations in the the voter initiative, there is remarkable un- This program would not be available without the news. This presentation will define terms, and will examine ______certainty as to what the legislation requires. new obligations and new liability exposure from competi- support and generosity of our sponsors: On the other end of farming, animal waste Phone: tors, consumer litigation, and government attorneys. American Ag Credit can be transformed into biogas energy. These new challenges present new opportunities for American Agricultural Law Association ______Session 2: Client Protection Strategies in a product differentiation and increased margins. Baker, Manock & Jensen, PC High Tech Landscape: IP, Big Data & Issues Session 5: Water, Water Everywhere, But Nothing to Eat? Email: Surrounding Tech in Ag Downey Brand, LLP Given increasing drought and demands for water for oth- ______Technology and the Internet, along with er purposes, these preferences become both more im- Khan Soares & Conway Request Additional State CLE: precision agriculture, are radically changing portant and more controversial. Most prominently, Califor- Kroloff, Belcher, Smart, Perry & Christopherson APPLICATION MANAGEMENT the legal landscape in the practice of ag nia has suffered from a prolonged drought that increased Perkins, Mann & Everett ______law. Precision agriculture raises numerous the amount of groundwater used. New groundwater leg- Rice Lawyers, Inc. OPTIONAL DINNER specific, new legal issues regarding privacy, islation and the Governor’s water use restrictions imposed ($75 per person) data ownership, allocation of risks and liabil- Jesse Richardson on non-agricultural uses of water, prompt questions about ities, trade secret protection, and other is- agricultural use preferences. This presentation discusses Royse Law Firm sues, some particular to agriculture. Many agricultural water use preferences, focusing on ground- Name: Rynn & Janowsky, LLP of these issues remain largely unsettled. This water, and applies these to the California legislation. ______program provides tools for addressing some Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould & Birney, LLP Session 6: Hot Topics in Professional Responsibility Every of these emerging 21st Century agriculture Guest: Ag Lawyer Should Know The State Bar of California: law issues. ______Business Law Section, Agribusiness Committee Reap another benefit of this great seminar on agricultural Session 3: Current Issues in Ag Land Use law with an hour of MCLE credits in ethics presented by Litigation Section, Food Law Committee Estate taxes and high development value the California State Bar’s Acting Executive Director. Mr. of land can make it difficult for heirs to keep Make Checks Payable to and Hawley began his legal career as a disciplinary prosecu- agricultural land intact. Heirs may be com- Send Registration to: tor for the Bar and now oversees the State Bar’s Profes- pelled to subdivide or sell to pay estate tax- sional Competence Unit which administers the Ethics Hot- Food to Fork Dinner sponsored by: es. Learn about conservation easements line, the Committee on Professional Responsibility and Kroloff, Belcher Smart and the use of land trusts to help preserve California Advocates Conduct and the State Bar’s professional responsibility 7540 Shoreline Drive the heritage and continuity of the family publications. Stockton, CA 95219 farm. Attn: Kathleen Abdallah