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Preserving Farmland, Creating Farms, And Feeding Communities: Opportunities To Link Farmland Protection And Community Food Security, Neil D. Hamilton
Preserving Farmland, Creating Farms, And Feeding Communities: Opportunities To Link Farmland Protection And Community Food Security, Neil D. Hamilton
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This essay was prepared for the Northern Illinois University College of Law's eighth annual symposium on land use entitled Building Cooperation Across Communities. The essay initially identifies three premises, specifically, farmland preservation, the structural changes in farm organization, and the changes in society's relation to food and agriculture. The essay then goes on to consider how the goals and values involved in each of these three areas overlap, and the resulting policy issues and questions that arise from the interplay of these issues.
Farmland Protection For Illinois: The Planning And Legal Issues, Lawrence W. Libby
Farmland Protection For Illinois: The Planning And Legal Issues, Lawrence W. Libby
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This address contends that agriculture, as a land intensive business, is critical to the Illinois economy and farmland protection belongs on the state's agenda as a policy objective as well as a significant goal of growth management. The author reasons that the adequacy of food supply and the necessity of farmland, as well as the non-owner services of farmland, require the inclusion of farmland protection on the state's planning agenda. Looking toward the future of farmland use and conversion, the author reviews the important planning and legal issues relative to farmland protection as a policy issue and suggests several strategies …
Agriculture Without Farmers?: Is Industrialization Restructuring American Food Production And Threatening The Future Of Sustainable Agriculture?, Neil D. Hamilton
Agriculture Without Farmers?: Is Industrialization Restructuring American Food Production And Threatening The Future Of Sustainable Agriculture?, Neil D. Hamilton
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This article addresses the rapidly changing face of American agriculture. The author identifies a series of contradictions in American attitudes concerning agriculture and discusses the potential threat to the future of farming in the shape of the coming industrialization. He also addresses the movement toward the concept of sustainable agriculture and suggests a number of steps which can be taken to confront the changing structure of agriculture. The author concludes by setting forth a number of current developments in agriculture which may be considered signs of optimism for the future of farming.
Luncheon Address, Gerald Torres
Luncheon Address, Gerald Torres
Northern Illinois University Law Review
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Common Law And Statutory Protection Of The Farm Enterprise In Illinois, H. W. Hannah
Common Law And Statutory Protection Of The Farm Enterprise In Illinois, H. W. Hannah
Northern Illinois University Law Review
A comprehensive discussion of significant Illinois statutes that are protective of the farm enterprise. Those selected for discussion include: the Right to Farm Statute, the Illinois Farmland Preservation Act, and the Agricultural Areas Law.
The Future Of Government Regulation Of Agriculture: Biting The Hand That Feeds Us?, James B. Wadley
The Future Of Government Regulation Of Agriculture: Biting The Hand That Feeds Us?, James B. Wadley
Northern Illinois University Law Review
A discussion of the negative implications stemming from current agricultural regulations and their impact on the farming community.
The Future Of Government Regulation Of Agriculture: An Introduction, Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer
The Future Of Government Regulation Of Agriculture: An Introduction, Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer
Northern Illinois University Law Review
An overview of the influence of government regulation on American agriculture.
The Future Of Government Regulation Of Agriculture: Finance And Credit, J. W. Looney
The Future Of Government Regulation Of Agriculture: Finance And Credit, J. W. Looney
Northern Illinois University Law Review
A discussion of the conflicting forces in agricultural credit, the goals and programs of the Farmers Home Administration, and privatization of the farm credit system.
The Future Of Government Regulation Of Agriculture: Implications Of Tax Policy For Agriculture, Neil E. Harl
The Future Of Government Regulation Of Agriculture: Implications Of Tax Policy For Agriculture, Neil E. Harl
Northern Illinois University Law Review
An analysis of the impact of tax policies on the structure of agriculture, focusing on the uniqueness of agriculture from a tax perspective and on identified policy concerns.