As such, the website incorporates components that cannot be found elsewhere and provides an important resource to those needing information on legal issues surrounding food and agriculture.

[2] The center works to serve all members of the agricultural community including producers, federal and state policymakers, extension personnel, and attorneys.

[1] Due to the unique vocabulary contained within food and agricultural law, not commonly used or understood by laypersons, or even attorneys, a glossary was put together to help provide a uniform level of understanding.

For example, the Agritourism Reading Room defines the term "agritourism" and briefly outlines some potential legal issues inherent in the topic, lists the relevant state and federal statutes that affect this area of the law, provides a case law index of precedential cases, and supplies links to various publications from the federal government, state governments, interested organizations, and experts in the field.

The depth and breadth of material provided in this area of the website surpasses anything else currently available, making it one of the most complete reference collections anywhere for United States Farm Bills.

This section contains articles researched and written by the center's staff, leading agricultural and food law scholars, and legal practitioners throughout the country and the world.

The center provides an extensive database of Congressional Research Service Reports pertinent to agricultural and food law and policy issues.

The Congressional Research Service reports are a non-partisan objective analysis of a question posed by a congressman or woman and commonly range in length from 5 to around 30 pages.

The reports are grouped according to topic and subtopic, including areas such as animal agriculture, international trade, climate change, and environmental law.