Workshops and Training

We design and deliver food & beverage law workshops, training sessions, and conference talks for the organizations that convene the industry — trade and industry associations, food and CPG accelerators and incubators, university extension programs, and corporate teams that need their people fluent in the legal landscape. Our curriculum is practical, built around the legal tools that help businesses get paid, limit liability, and manage commercial risk, and it can be tailored to fit federal and state risk-management grant requirements.

If you run a conference, summit, association meeting, or accelerator cohort, you can book a tailored talk or workshop on the food-law topics your audience actually faces. Tell us the topic, date, and audience and we will scope a session.

Every engagement is customized, but most are assembled from these core modules. Each can run as a standalone workshop or webinar, or be combined into a multi-session series.

Contracts

The written word is a powerful risk-mitigation tool. Clear, properly executed contracts can guarantee a sale price in commercial deals, define employment relationships, and allocate critical liabilities up and down supply chains. Objective: understand the basic components of contracts; identify the commercial, labor, and product-liability risks that agreements can mitigate.

Employment and Labor

Workers can be classified as employees, independent contractors, or interns, and the distinctions are critical to managing employment liability — getting them wrong can mean severe federal or state fines. Objective: understand the employment classifications and how to apply them correctly in a food business.

Product Liability and Risk Management

Any business that grows or processes food operates in a zero-tolerance, strict-liability environment — the highest standard the law imposes. Objective: understand strict liability; identify the sources of liability in a food operation; mitigate risk using food-safety guidance, contracts, and insurance.

Leasing & Land-Use Agreements

A large share of working farmland and production sites is leased, and access is too important to rest on a handshake. Crisply drafted leases secure access to land and facilities without testing a landlord’s patience. Objective: identify the basic components of lease agreements and what about your site belongs in the lease.

Industry-Friendly Laws

A number of powerful laws exist purely for the benefit of food and agricultural producers — statutes like the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and the Packers and Stockyards Act help producers get paid on time, and various state laws provide other protections. Objective: a survey of these laws and how to integrate them into business practice.

Proof for program organizers: the firm has partnered with major nonprofits to deliver practical legal training to food and agricultural businesses across the country, including curriculum built to accommodate federal and state risk-management grant programs.

• National & regional food/agriculture association meetings — workshop series and webinars
• Food and CPG accelerator / incubator cohorts — legal-readiness sessions
• University extension programs — grant-aligned legal curriculum
• Corporate training for in-house and operations teams

Tell us about your event and we will respond with a tailored proposal. Email us at info@foodlawfirm.com with:

• Topic / focus — the food-law subject(s) for your audience
• Date(s) — preferred and alternate
• Audience size — expected number of attendees
• Format — in-person workshop, webinar, keynote, or panel
• Budget — honorarium / speaking-fee range
• Organization & contact

We will respond with a tailored proposal. You can also contact us directly.

Workshops give your members or team the map; ongoing counsel walks the road with them. For food and beverage businesses that want continuous legal support rather than one-off training, our Fractional General Counsel subscription provides in-house-style counsel under one flat monthly fee. Compare Service Plans →

Want to customize a workshop, webinar, or keynote for your organization? Email info@foodlawfirm.com or contact us, or explore our subscription service plans.

Jason Foscolo Founder of The Food Law Firm — fractional general counsel for food & beverage businesses nationwide.