DADDY WON'T SELL THE FARM: DRAFTING RIGHT TO FARM STATUTES TO PROTECT SMALL FAMILY PRODUCERS

摘要

This country music song outlines a growing problem facing agriculturists in America. Today's producers must deal with concern over typical undesirable conditions created by agricultural production that did not face previous generations. The smells, dust, noise, and flies associated with agriculture did not upset residents on neighboring properties a generation ago because the neighbors were also involved in production agriculture. In the early 1900's, approximately fifty percent of Americans were directly involved in production agriculture. By 2007, that number fell to less than two percent. Our society's understanding and tolerance for agricultural production methods has greatly declined because people are simply unfamiliar with agriculture.