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Author Ashwood, Loka L., author.

Title Empty fields, empty promises [electronic resource] : a state-by-state guide to understanding and transforming the right to farm / Loka Ashwood, Aimee Imlay, Lindsay Kuehn, Allen Franco, and Danielle Diamond.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2023]

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 Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Rural studies
Rural studies (Rural Sociological Society)
Access Open Access EbpS
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- The National Impact of Right-to-Farm Laws -- State Summaries of Right-to-Farm Laws -- Alabama -- Alaska -- Arizona -- Arkansas -- California -- Colorado -- Connecticut -- Delaware -- Florida -- Georgia -- Hawaii -- Idaho -- Illinois -- Indiana -- Iowa -- Kansas -- Kentucky -- Louisiana -- Maine -- Maryland -- Massachusetts -- Michigan -- Minnesota -- Mississippi -- Missouri -- Montana -- Nebraska -- Nevada -- New Hampshire -- New Jersey -- New Mexico -- New York -- North Carolina
North Dakota -- Ohio -- Oklahoma -- Oregon -- Pennsylvania -- Rhode Island -- South Carolina -- South Dakota -- Tennessee -- Texas -- Utah -- Vermont -- Virginia -- Washington -- West Virginia -- Wisconsin -- Wyoming -- Cultivating Democracy in Agriculture -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix
Summary "The right to farm, by name, is essential to the survival of us all as growers and eaters. Since the late 1970s, states across the nation have adopted so-titled right-to-farm laws to limit nuisance suits loosely related to agriculture. But since their adoption, there has yet to be a comprehensive analysis of what these laws do and who they benefit, not just what their title suggests. In the first national analysis and guide of its kind, this book uncovers that right-to-farm laws benefit the largest of operators, like processing plants, while traditional farmers win the least using such laws. Disfavored most of all are those seeking to defend their homes and environment against multinational corporations that use right-to-farm laws to strip neighboring owners of their property rights. Through what the book calls the midburden, right-to-farm laws dispossess the many in favor of the few, paving the path to rural poverty. Empty Fields, Empty Promises summarizes every state right-to-farm law to help interested readers track and navigate their local and regional legal landscape. The book concludes by offering paths forward for a more distributed and democratic agrifood system that achieves agricultural, rural, and environmental justice"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Land use, Rural -- Law and legislation -- United States -- States.
Land use, Rural -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- States.
Farm law -- United States -- States.
Factory farms -- United States -- States.
Nuisances -- United States -- States.
Rural landowners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- States.
Utilisation agricole du sol -- Aspect de l'environnement -- États-Unis -- États.
Nuisances privées -- États-Unis -- États.
Farm law -- U.S. states
Land use, Rural -- Law and legislation -- U.S. states
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Imlay, Aimee, author.
Kuehn, Lindsay, author.
Franco, Allen, author.
Diamond, Danielle, author.
Other Form: Print version: 9781469674605
Print version: 9781469674582 1469674580 9781469674599 1469674599 (DLC) 2023008526 (OCoLC)1390201248
ISBN 9781469674605 (electronic bk.)
1469674602 (electronic bk.)
9781469674612
1469674610
9798890863652 (electronic bk.)
9781469674582
1469674580
9781469674599
1469674599
Standard No. AU@ 000075193684
AU@ 000075284999

 
    
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