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Agriculture Law

Environmental law

Vanderbilt University Law School

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Agriculture And The Environment: Three Myths, Three Themes, Three Directions, J.B. Ruhl Jan 2002

Agriculture And The Environment: Three Myths, Three Themes, Three Directions, J.B. Ruhl

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Three very powerful and widely disseminated myths, what I call the Three Myths, have obscured the reality that agriculture is a leading source of environmental harm in our nation. Until we can divorce the dialogue on agri-environmental policy from these myths, the discussion of goals and policy instruments will remain mired.


Three Questions For Agriculture About The Environment, J.B. Ruhl Jan 2002

Three Questions For Agriculture About The Environment, J.B. Ruhl

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This article is the third in my series studying agriculture and environmental law. It asks why agriculture has not evolved toward more environmentally responsible behavior and points to possible "green" solutions that will move agriculture into necessary transformations.