Abstract:
I will discuss a series of current legal and policy developments
now underway in the United States which are shaping America’s farm
and food future, continuing our movement toward the New
Agriculture predicted fifteen years ago; I will also describe some of
the examples and opportunities for how lawyers and law students can
use the law to help influence the direction and impact of these social
movements. The critical lesson of the last fifteen years is that while
the mechanisms of law and justice may appear to move slowly, when
they are measured over time our progress toward a more just,
progressive, and democratic society is inexorable.