Right to Farm 2.0

What is happening? Georgia Legislature is considering HB 1150 ( 2022 | GA) that would prohibit a farm from having nuisance complaints for farm work after a year of farming.

Why is this important? Environmentalists and small farms believe the protection is being used to shield bad animal husbandry practices in the meat industry.

How will this be important? It could be important for its harm to long standing private property rights. “What you’re saying is people who have long standing private property rights no longer have any ability to protect themselves from newly arriving animal operations or other types of agricultural operations,” said April Lipscomb of the Southern Environmental Law Center.

Lewistown Sentinal | Georgia right-to-farm bill again a question of whose rights