Florida Greenbelt & Right-to-Farm Resources
Legislators proposed a right-to-farm law in Florida as a tool to preserve the state’s landscape and agricultural lands encroached upon by urbanization.
Since the law was first passed in 1979, the number of farm operators in the state has grown by 25 percent, while the acreage farmed has dropped by 28 percent.
So what does this legislation do in practice?
