MSU College of Law Urban Food, Farm & Agriculture Practicum
The Urban Food, Farm & Agriculture Practicum provides services – involving such things as legal research, policy development, client counseling, and the provision of transactional legal services – to nonprofits and low-income individuals working with urban agriculture in Detroit, Michigan and other urban settings. The Practicum was initiated in January 2012 with a seed money grant from the DeWitt Holbrook Memorial Fund.
Outreaches
Detroit Eastern Market
On Saturday, April 20, 2013, Practicum students Erin Furman, Jeff Mann, and Evan George (pictured below with the Law College’s mobile law clinic) spearheaded the first of many anticipated outreaches at Detroit’s Eastern Market to educate market vendors and others interested in urban food and agriculture issues, and to meet with prospective clients to undertake legal work relating to their business and agricultural needs.

