Journal of Food Law & Policy Volume 9 Number 1 Article 1 2013 Journal of Food Law & Policy - Spring 2013 Journal Editors Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jflp Recommended Citation Editors, J. (2021). Journal of Food Law & Policy - Spring 2013. Journal of Food Law & Policy, 9(1). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jflp/vol9/iss1/1 This Entire Issue is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Food Law & Policy by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact [email protected]. of LAW Volume Nine Number One Spring 2013 Articles AN OVERVIEW OF ARKANSAS' RIGHT-To-FARM-LAW L.Paul Goeringer & Dr. H.L. Goodwin THE FORGOTTEN HALF OF FOOD SYSTEM REFORM: USING FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL LAW TO FOSTER HEALTHY FOOD PRODUCTION Emily Broad Leib THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY? A "HEALTH IN ALL POLICIES" CASE STUDY Lindsay F. 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Enfield Professor of Law and CHAD POLLOCK, B.A., M.Div., M.A., Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Electronic Services Librarian Development JASON SPRINGMAN, B.A., M.S., J.D., ANNIE B. SMITH, B.A., J.D., Instructional Services Librarian Assistant Professor of Law MONIKA SZAKASITS, B.A., J.D., M.S.L.I.S., TIMOTHY R. TARVIN, B.A., J.D., Associate Director Associate Professor of Law RANDALL J. THOMPSON, B.A., J.D., M.L.S., DALE WHITMAN, B.E.S., J.D., Director Visiting Professor of Law ROBERT E. WHEELER ALBERT M. WITTE, PH.B., M.A., LL.B., Audio Visual Aids Supervisor Professor ofLaw Emeritus COLLEEN WILLIAMS, B.A., J.D., M.L.I.S., ELIZABETH YOUNG, B.A., J.D., Reference Librarian Associate Professor of Law ADAM ZORZIN Computer Support Specialist The University of Arkansas School of Law is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and is accredited by the American Bar Association. AN OVERVIEW OF ARKANSAS' RIGHT-TO-FARM LAW L. Paul Goeringer*& Dr. H.L. Goodwin** I. INTRODUCTION.........................................1 II. DISCUSSION.........................................2 A. Right-to-FarmLaws Generally.........................2 B. Arkansas's Right-to-Farm Law.........................3 1. What is an "Agricultural Operation"...................3 2. Types of Defenses Available........................5 i. Using Practices Commonly Associated with Agriculture...........5 ii. The "Coming to the Nuisance" Defense ..... ........... 6 iii. One-year Limitations Period........ ................... 7 3. Attorneys Fee Provision. ........................... 9 4. Exclusions to the Law.......................10 5. Law's Affect on County and Local Ordinances.. ........... 11 C. Constitutionalityof the Right-to-Farm Law........ ............. 13 III. CONCLUSION......................................16 I. INTRODUCTION In the1980s, state legislatures in all fifty states enacted statutes commonly referred to as "right-to-farm" laws.' Arkansas enacted its right- to-farm law ("the Act") in 1981.2 While there are similarities, these laws differ from state-to-state. 3 All right-to-farm laws provide agricultural producers with statutory defenses to nuisance challenges, subject to certain * Goeringer is a Research Associate with the Center for Agricultural and Natural Resources Policy, Department of Agricultural and Natural Resources Economics, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland.