Laws & Regulations

Laws relating to the general powers and duties of the Commissioner of Education, including farm-to-school.

Laws related to the general powers and duties of department.

The Department of Environmental Conservation hereby finds that chronic wasting disease, a fatal transmissible neurodegenerative disease which endangers the health and welfare of wildlife populations...

Laws relating to community gardens in New York State.

Law pertains to the development Municipal Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plans. 

Law pertains to the development County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plans. 

Central law including programs created to encourage further development of agriculture and farmland. 

General Law established in 1940 encompassing the formation, powers and duties of the  NYS Soil and Water Conservation Committee and the Soil and Water Conservation...

Central Law codified in 2000 that pertains to all aspects of  Agricultural Environmental Management Program. 

Law pertains to eligibility for agricultural assessment in an Agricultural District.