Legal Guide for New Hampshire Agricultural Producers

This educational guide covers a broad range of legal topics relevant to agricultural producers in New Hampshire. Updated in 2020, it includes the following topics: 




  • labor and employment law;
  • legal organizational and business structures;
  • taxation and the farm business;
  • interstate commerce (sales and transit regulations);
  • weights and measures;
  • food labeling; homestead operations; organic certification;
  • farmers markets;
  • milk and milk product regulations;
  • animal health;
  • meat and poultry safety;
  • carcass composting;
  • land use and zoning; and,
  • NH municipal laws.

Access the guide from UNH Extension's website.


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