Empty Fields, Empty Promises
A State-by-State Guide to Understanding and Transforming the Right to Farm
By Aimee Imlay, Allen Franco, Danielle Diamond, Lindsay Kuehn, Loka Ashwood | Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
About the book
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 processing plants, while traditional farmers benefit the least. 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’s right-to-farm laws to help 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.
Editions of Empty Fields, Empty Promises
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781469674582
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469674599
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469674612
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469674605
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890863645
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890863652
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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 processing plants, while traditional farmers benefit the least. 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’s right-to-farm laws to help 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Empty Fields, Empty Promises about?
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 processing plants, while traditional farmers benefit the least. 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’s right-to-farm laws to help 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.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Empty Fields, Empty Promises?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social groups, communities and identities > Ethnic studies / Ethnicity
Where can I read a sample of Empty Fields, Empty Promises?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781469674582
How long is Empty Fields, Empty Promises and how many pages does it have?
Empty Fields, Empty Promises has 304 page(s)
Is Empty Fields, Empty Promises part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Rural Studies Series
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Empty Fields, Empty Promises?
Aimee Imlay, Allen Franco, Danielle Diamond, Lindsay Kuehn, Loka Ashwood
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Empty Fields, Empty Promises is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781469674582) and paperback(ISBN 9781469674599) and ebook(ISBN 9781469674612) and ebook(ISBN 9781469674605) and pdf(ISBN 9798890863645) and pdf(ISBN 9798890863652)
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