The Farmer S Lawyer

Author : Sarah Vogel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781635575255

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The Farmer's Lawyer by Sarah Vogel Pdf

With a new foreword by Willie Nelson "An exquisitely written American saga." --Sarah Smarsh The "remarkably well told and heartfelt" (John Grisham) story of a young lawyer's impossible legal battle to stop the federal government from foreclosing on thousands of family farmers. In the early 1980s, farmers were suffering through the worst economic crisis to hit rural America since the Great Depression. Land prices were down, operating costs and interest rates were up, and severe weather devastated crops. Instead of receiving assistance from the government as they had in the 1930s, these hardworking family farmers were threatened with foreclosure by the very agency that Franklin Delano Roosevelt created to help them. Desperate, they called Sarah Vogel in North Dakota. Sarah, a young lawyer and single mother, listened to farmers who were on the verge of losing everything and, inspired by the politicians who had helped farmers in the '30s, she naively built a solo practice of clients who couldn't afford to pay her. Sarah began drowning in debt and soon her own home was facing foreclosure. In a David and Goliath legal battle reminiscent of A Civil Action or Erin Brockovich, Sarah brought a national class action lawsuit, which pitted her against the Reagan administration's Department of Justice, in her fight for family farmers' Constitutional rights. It was her first case. A courageous American story about justice and holding the powerful to account, The Farmer's Lawyer shows how the farm economy we all depend on for our daily bread almost fell apart due to the willful neglect of those charged to protect it, and what we can learn from Sarah's battle as a similar calamity looms large on our horizon once again.

Author : Robert Bilott
Publisher : Atria Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501172823

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Exposure by Robert Bilott Pdf

“For Erin Brockovich fans, a David vs. Goliath tale with a twist” (The New York Times Book Review)—the incredible true story of the lawyer who spent two decades building a case against DuPont for its use of the hazardous chemical PFOA, uncovering the worst case of environmental contamination in history—affecting virtually every person on the planet—and the conspiracy that kept it a secret for sixty years. The story that inspired Dark Waters, the major motion picture from Focus Features starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway, directed by Todd Haynes. 1998: Rob Bilott is a young lawyer specializing in helping big corporations stay on the right side of environmental laws and regulations. Then he gets a phone call from a West Virginia farmer named Earl Tennant, who is convinced the creek on his property is being poisoned by runoff from a neighboring DuPont landfill, causing his cattle and the surrounding wildlife to die in hideous ways. Earl hasn’t even been able to get a water sample tested by any state or federal regulatory agency or find a local lawyer willing to take the case. As soon as they hear the name DuPont—the area’s largest employer—they shut him down. Once Rob sees the thick, foamy water that bubbles into the creek, the gruesome effects it seems to have on livestock, and the disturbing frequency of cancer and other health problems in the area, he’s persuaded to fight against the type of corporation his firm routinely represents. After intense legal wrangling, Rob ultimately gains access to hundreds of thousands of pages of DuPont documents, some of them fifty years old, that reveal the company has been holding onto decades of studies proving the harmful effects of a chemical called PFOA, used in making Teflon. PFOA is often called a “forever chemical,” because once in the environment, it does not break down or degrade for millions of years, contaminating the planet forever. The case of one farmer soon spawns a class action suit on behalf of seventy thousand residents—and the shocking realization that virtually every person on the planet has been exposed to PFOA and carries the chemical in his or her blood. What emerges is a riveting legal drama “in the grand tradition of Jonathan Harr’s A Civil Action” (Booklist, starred review) about malice and manipulation, the failings of environmental regulation; and one lawyer’s twenty-year struggle to expose the truth about this previously unknown—and still unregulated—chemical that we all have inside us.

Author : Sarah Vogel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781639731923

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The Farmer's Lawyer by Sarah Vogel Pdf

The "remarkably well told and heartfelt" (John Grisham) story of a young lawyer's impossible legal battle to stop the federal government from foreclosing on thousands of family farmers.

Author : Robert S. Fuller,Donald E. Buckingham,Robert Scriven
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
ISBN : 0433498919

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Agriculture Law in Canada by Robert S. Fuller,Donald E. Buckingham,Robert Scriven Pdf

Introducing the second edition of Agriculture Law in Canada the only Canadian treatise on agricultural law offering comprehensive, national coverage of the legal issues facing this critical industry. Farming and its related industries have undergone many changes since the first edition was released in 1999. This new edition has been significantly updated to reflect the statutory and case law developments of the past 20 years. This revised edition of Agriculture Law in Canada offers a thoroughly updated examination of the major topics in this practice area.

Author : Greg Francis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781948677813

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Just Harvest by Greg Francis Pdf

When a class-action lawsuit against the US government results in a billion dollar settlement for the aggrieved parties, you’d expect the story to be headline news . . .to be posted on social media everywhere . . . to be adapted to film or even to a popular legal procedural series on TV . . . So why then have so many people never heard of Pigford vs. Glickman? Or the follow-up lawsuit, Pigford II? Or the Black Farmers Case, as the pair of these legal actions is often called? Could it be that the heart-wrenching story of Black farmers in America, and the monumental legal case that brought long-sought justice to them, is rarely told because it reflects so poorly on the US and its treatment of those whose ancestors helped make the nation an agricultural giant in the first place? Whatever the reason, the time to tell the full story has come and the person to share the gripping details is Greg Francis, one of the lead counsels in the historic case that finally helped Black farmers achieve equity. In Just Harvest, Francis narrates the dramatic twists and turns of the legal battle fought and won, and evidences the many years of ingrained discrimination and racism that preceded it. Awareness of this story makes us all witnesses to the history still unfolding— and while parts of what is recounted herein will enrage you, the hope is that this book will also inspire, inform, and motivate you to join the continuing fight for the rights of all Black farmers now and in the future.

Author : PETER H.. ROSENBERG LEHNER (NATHAN A.),Nathan Rosenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1585762377

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Farming for Our Future by PETER H.. ROSENBERG LEHNER (NATHAN A.),Nathan Rosenberg Pdf

Farming for Our Future examines the policies and legal reforms necessary to accelerate the adoption of practices that can make agriculture in the United States climate-neutral or better. These proven practices will also make our food system more resilient to the impacts of climate change. Agriculture's contribution to climate change is substantial--much more so than official figures suggest--and we will not be able to achieve our overall mitigation goals unless agricultural emissions sharply decline. Fortunately, farms and ranches can be a major part of the climate solution, while protecting biodiversity, strengthening rural communities, and improving the lives of the workers who cultivate our crops and rear our animals. The importance of agricultural climate solutions can not be underestimated; it is a critical element both in ensuring our food security and limiting climate change. This book provides essential solutions to address the greatest crises of our time.

Author : Chen Guangcheng
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780143191964

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The Barefoot Lawyer by Chen Guangcheng Pdf

It was like a scene out of a thriller: one night in April 2012, China’s most famous political activist—a blind, self-taught lawyer—climbed over the wall of his heavily guarded home and escaped. For days, his whereabouts remained unknown; after he turned up at the American embassy in Beijing, a furious round of high-level negotiations finally led to his release and a new life in the United States. Chen Guangcheng is a unique figure on the world stage, but his story is even more remarkable than we knew. The son of a poor farmer in rural China, blinded by illness when he was an infant, Chen was fortunate to survive a difficult childhood. But despite his disability, he was determined to educate himself and fight for the rights of his country’s poor, especially a legion of women who had endured forced sterilizations under the hated “one child” policy. Repeatedly harassed, beaten, and imprisoned by Chinese authorities, Chen was ultimately placed under house arrest. After a year of fruitless protest and increasing danger, he evaded his captors and fled to freedom. Both a riveting memoir and a revealing portrait of modern China, this passionate book tells the story of a man who has never accepted limits and always believed in the power of the human spirit to overcome any obstacle.

Author : Megan Kimble
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-23
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780062382474

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Unprocessed by Megan Kimble Pdf

In the tradition of Michael Pollan’s bestselling In Defense of Food comes this remarkable chronicle, from a founding editor of Edible Baja Arizona, of a young woman’s year-long journey of eating only whole, unprocessed foods—intertwined with a journalistic exploration of what “unprocessed” really means, why it matters, and how to afford it. In January of 2012, Megan Kimble was a twenty-six-year-old living in a small apartment without even a garden plot to her name. But she cared about where food came from, how it was made, and what it did to her body: so she decided to go an entire year without eating processed foods. Unprocessed is the narrative of Megan’s extraordinary year, in which she milled wheat, extracted salt from the sea, milked a goat, slaughtered a sheep, and more—all while earning an income that fell well below the federal poverty line. What makes a food processed? As Megan would soon realize, the answer to that question went far beyond cutting out snacks and sodas, and became a fascinating journey through America’s food system, past and present. She learned how wheat became white; how fresh produce was globalized and animals industrialized. But she also discovered that in daily life, as she attempted to balance her project with a normal social life—which included dating—the question of what made a food processed was inextricably tied to gender and economy, politics and money, work and play. Backed by extensive research and wide-ranging interviews—and including tips on how to ditch processed food and transition to a real-food lifestyle—Unprocessed offers provocative insights not only on the process of food, but also the processes that shape our habits, communities, and day-to-day lives.

Author : Stanley Crawford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1945652055

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The Garlic Papers by Stanley Crawford Pdf

Readers of Stanley Crawford's first book on farming, A Garlic Testament, can look forward to an update on his farming practices and reflections on the natural world in THE GARLIC PAPERS: A Small Garlic Farm in the Age of Global Vampires . In the fall of 2014, Crawford questioned the U.S. Department of Commerce's granting of an exemption of duties to the largest importer of Chinese garlic, setting off a massive legal battle in which his small farm has been pitted against the Chinese importer and its several international law firms. An account of this David and Goliath battle, now in its fifth year, makes up the core of the book, in which Crawford describes his personal and farming life under a cloud of lawsuits and administrative skirmishes. The unusual case was of sufficient interest that it became the subject of a Netflix documentary, Garlic Breath," in the six-part series, "Rotten," released in 2018."

Author : Writer to the Signet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
ISBN : NLS:B900058095

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The Farmer's Lawyer by Writer to the Signet Pdf

Author : Neil D. Hamilton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Direct marketing
ISBN : MINN:31951D019135209

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The Legal Guide for Direct Farm Marketing by Neil D. Hamilton Pdf

Author : Ian Ross Blackman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Estate planning
ISBN : 0473200201

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Keeping Farming in the Family by Ian Ross Blackman Pdf

Written for farmers to help with creating a succession plan.

Author : Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1774
Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
ISBN : BL:A0022400949

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The Farmer's Lawyer; Or, Every Country Gentleman His Own Counsellor by Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn Pdf

Author : Thomas Walter Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1819
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020301912

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The Farmer's Lawyer: Containing the Whole Law, in Regard to Agricultural Possessions, Properties and Pursuits, Etc by Thomas Walter Williams Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1774
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019291708

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The Farmer's Lawyer; Or Every Country Gentleman His Own Counsellor. Containing All the Laws Now in Force that Particularly Concern the Farmer ... By a Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn by Anonim Pdf