Description
Book SynopsisAs farms increase in size and become increasingly industrialized, the problem of agricultural pollution is gaining urgency across Canada. The response from most environmentalists and provincial governments is to push for more centralized regulation. In Greener Pastures, Elizabeth Brubaker exposes the detrimental effects of such regulatory changes, which tend to exacerbate, rather than curb, pollution.
For centuries, Brubaker explains, conflicts about farming were resolved by the parties directly involved, aided by common-law courts. The rule, ''use your own property so as not to harm another''s,'' fairly and effectively resolved disputes between farmers and their neighbours and curbed environmental damage. Beginning in the 1970s, however, concerns about restraints on agriculture''s growth prompted governments to replace the common law with more permissive provincial statutes.
Greener Pastures chronicles the centralization of agricultural regulation and the resul
Table of Contents
ForewordAcknowledgments Canada's Farmers: Salt of the Earth or Assaulting the Earth? Severing the Gold from the Dross: Using the Common Law to Curb Unsustainable Farming Practices Siding with the Farmer: The Evolution of the Right to Farm in Manitoba Raising a Stink: The Legacy of Right-to-Farm Legislation in New Brunswick A Mushrooming Problem: Agricultural Nuisances in Ontario Beyond the Right to Farm: Changing Drainage and Planning Laws to Minimize Restraints on Farming Reversing the Trend: Decentralizing the Regulation of Agricultural PollutionNotesIndex
