{"product_id":"empty-fields-empty-promises-loka-ashwood-9781469674599","title":"Empty Fields, Empty Promises: A State-By-State Guide to Understanding and Transforming the Right to Farm","description":"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.\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Loka Ashwood, Aimee Imlay, Lindsay Kuehn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469674599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469674599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.06w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 78","brand":"Loka Ashwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128640336127,"sku":"9781469674599","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9175a41e-c735-42ca-8e76-df398343b638.jpg?v=1687459729","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empty-fields-empty-promises-loka-ashwood-9781469674599","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}