{"product_id":"empty-fields-empty-promises-a-state-by-state-guide-to-understanding-and-transforming-the-right-to-farm-paperback","title":"Empty Fields, Empty Promises: A State-By-State Guide to Understanding and Transforming the Right to Farm - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLoka Ashwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAimee Imlay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLindsay Kuehn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmpty Fields, Empty\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ePromises\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoka Ashwood is associate professor of sociology at the University of Kentucky. Aimee Imlay is assistant professor of sociology at Mississippi State University. Lindsay Kuehn is a public defender in Ramsey County, Minnesota, and a staff attorney with the Farmers' Legal Action Group. Allen Franco is an assistant federal public defender for the districts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Danielle Diamond is a visiting fellow at the Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law and Policy Program at Harvard Law School.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.06 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776661029152,"sku":"9781469674599","price":40.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/25a26671671b585345410029cd936b48.webp?v=1780482919","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/empty-fields-empty-promises-a-state-by-state-guide-to-understanding-and-transforming-the-right-to-farm-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}