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

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource Series Rural studies Rural studies (Rural Sociological Society) 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 Farm law -- U.S. states Land use, Rural -- Law and legislation -- U.S. states Form Electronic book Author Imlay, Aimee, author Kuehn, Lindsay, author Franco, Allen, author Diamond, Danielle, author ISBN 9781469674605 1469674602 9781469674612 1469674610 9798890863652

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