Agriculture
Supporting policies that increase food freedom and access to markets for our farmers and producers.
Foreign Ownership of American Agriculture Continues to Grow
China held $2 billion worth of American farmland in 2020, up tenfold in just a decade.
Freedom To Farm
Read The New Locke-Commissioned Research Report Freedom To Farm The Impacts of Agriculture Regulation On Production and Processing In The South In this paper, author Vincent Smith examines the structure…
Freedom To Farm
In this paper we examine the structure and differences in seven southern states and the federal regulations that govern farms with dairy and cattle herds. We also describe and assess…
WRAL: Cicadas are a healthy treat
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LISTEN: Cooper & Stein on immigration and the ‘dreamers’
For weeks now, the focus has rightly been on the crisis at the southern border, as illegal immigrants flood into the United States and the Biden administration flails. But on…
NC State Fair will Return in 2021
North Carolina’s largest agriculture celebration, the N.C. State Fair was canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus. Thankfully for fans of the popular event, State Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced…
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Uncertainty about the 2020-21 academic year is prompting more N.C. parents to look into alternatives to traditional public schools. Terry Stoops assesses the impact for school choice during the next…
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
The COVID-19 pandemic already has injected an unexpected element into North Carolina’s 2020 elections. Now the looting and riots linked to recent protests in the Tar Heel State could affect…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online about concerns linked to N.C. farm bankruptcies. John Hood’s Daily Journal argues that a Bernie Sanders presidential nomination would hurt N.C. Democrats.
Hog Farm Odor Lawsuit: Bladen Journal quotes JLF’s Dr. van der Vaart
Recently, a panel of judges in Richmond, Virginia heard oral arguments in the case, Joyce McKiver, et. al. v. Murphy-Brown, LLC. As Alan Wooten explains in his recent Bladen Journal…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Brooke Conrad reports for Carolina Journal Online that N.C. hemp farmers face uncertainty about the impact of new federal regulations. The Daily Journal explains how two recent court cases highlight…
Will Trump Address Clean Water Act Overreach?
Senior Fellow at the John Locke Foundation and former secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, Don van der Vaart, is hoping President Trump lays out the next steps for…