Agriculture
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…
Dairy farming
Agriculture
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…
Regulation
CJ Commentary: Big Almond and Big Coconut aren’t pulling the wool over your eyes
Is it milk or is it something else? And do consumers realize that milk is milk, and other stuff doesn’t come from an animal? That’s the nut of the debate…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on a lawsuit from N.C. school boards seeking $730 million from the state for school technology. Rick Henderson’s Daily Journal disputes the notion…
Liberty
Cheese deal fails the smell test
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online explores a malodorous deal involving the federal government and cheese. The federal government proposes to buy a small mountain of cheese from America’s dairy…
Liberty
Poverty: For Your Safety
In North Carolina, milk is regulated to the point that local dairy farmers are not interested in selling it locally. They must test it and have it licensed by state…
Liberty
Don’t cry over spilled milk — call a HAZMAT team!
In this Cato@Liberty post Walter Olson writes about one of the silliest regulations I’ve heard about in a long time. Dairy farms will be compelled to set up containment systems…
Liberty
Climate Change Report: Meat and Milk Must Be Rationed
They’re not kidding. A new report from the Food Climate Research Network takes previous alarmist proclamations to a new level.
Liberty
$2 for milk?
Oh for the low prices of New York City where there is no dairy cartel!
Liberty
The public Horse Park to A private Dairy Farm
In Cleveland County, a 312-acre tract of land that is owned by the Piedmont Equestrian Park Authority might be returned to the private sector.
Liberty
Welfare Kings a.k.a. American Farmers
A good article on the federal farm subsidy problem. Given the passage of the NC dairy subsidy bill, the problem is not limited to the federal level. See my recent…
Liberty
Kids Will Receive Their Milk
Civilization as we know it in NC is safe. The governor signed the milk subsidy bill. Now babies will get the calcium they need for strong bones and older women…