Hsu, Shi-Ling2016-01-272016-01-272016-01-2794 OR. L. REV. 230196-2043https://hdl.handle.net/1794/1957544 pagesAmerican agriculture is inexorably concentrating into the hands of a small number of large conglomerates. Expanding farms pursuing scale economies would normally have to abide by a system of environmental and other laws that would, in theory, require farms to account for negative externalities. If those laws were observed and enforced, they would help strike a balance between the greater profitability and the larger externalities of scaling up. But these laws are not widely observed nor rigorously enforced, which upsets this balance and gives large-scale farms a cost advantage while insulating them from corresponding responsibilities.en-USAll Rights Reserved.Environmental lawPollutionSustainabilityArticle