Perspective: A Farmer’s Legacy Shouldn’t Be a Tax Nightmare for Their Kin
By Amanda Zaluckyj
Food Law,
June 2025
The article warns that the upcoming reduction in the federal estate tax exemption could force farm families to sell land to pay taxes. With farm wealth tied up in land and equipment, the lower exemption creates uncertainty and threatens generational farms. It urges families to plan ahead despite unclear future tax laws.
Perspective: The U.S. Produces Plenty of Food — Other Factors Make Us Food Insecure
By Amanda Zaluckyj
Food Law,
May 2025
Did you know that almost 40 percent of all food in the United States goes to waste? Food that is safe to eat, nutritious, and available goes in our collective trash cans. We throw away 133 billion pounds of food each year. It’s a staggering statistic, especially when you consider that some of our neighbors are food insecure.
Farmer’s Daughter: How a Federal Court Pushed Agriculture Biotech Back Decades
By Amanda Zaluckyj
Food Law,
January 2025
Early in December, the Northern California District Court vacated rules adopted in 2020 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The lawsuit, brought by anti-bioengineering activists (pretending to be worried about family farms), reinstates a regulatory framework in place since 1986, while the technology was only in its infancy—and not yet even commercially available.
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