Laws & Regulations

Regulations pertaining to the growth, sale, distribution, transportation and processing of industrial hemp and related products. In addition the establishment of a hemp seed certification program, hemp workgroup, and one-stop shop are established.

Laws related to the Dairy Promotion Order.

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 and captive cervids, has been confirmed to exist in New York State.

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. 

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