175. USDA Announces 'Pandemic Assistance for Producers' & Court Upholds Hydroponic Production Under Organic Foods Statute

USDA announced its new 'Pandemic Assistance for Producers' initiative and Utah passed a Cage-Free Egg Law.  Also, a federal court upheld USDA's interpretation of the Organic Foods Production Act to include hydroponic production and USDA abandoned its previous rulemaking on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags.   Hosted by Audry Thompson, Research Assistant—With Brook Duer, Staff Attorney—Produced & Written by Audry Thompson Material from the Agricultural Law Weekly Review—week ending March 26, 2021  Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law https://aglaw.psu.edu/  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law This material is based upon work supported by the National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Music is "Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)" by Edson Lopes is licensed under CC BY 3.0.