Empty Fields, Empty Promises: A State-By-State Guide to Understanding and Transforming the Right to Farm

by Loka Ashwood

Book Overview

The right to farm is essential to everyone's survival. Since the late 1970s, states across the nation have adopted so-called 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. This book offers the first national analysis and guide to these laws. It reveals that they generally benefit the largest operators, like...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469674599
• ISBN13: 9781469674599
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"