This was something sent to me by a large local organic farm that I've worked at.
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The so-called "Right to Farm" bill disregards human, animal and environmental welfare while promising to uphold a right that has been protected in statute since 1976. Cloaked in ambiguous language and false rhetoric, we must tease out who exactly who stands to benefit from its passing:
- A path will be cleared for foreign-owned factory farms to purchase property and engage in unethical agricultural practices that destroy land, abuse animals, and strip Missourians of the safe food sources their local farmers and ranchers have been providing.
- Foreign ownership means the economic gains will not be enjoyed by Missouri farmers or communities--both urban and rural--but instead by outside corporations.
- Local control will be forfeited to the interests of corporate agribusinesses. The government will be unable to regulate land or animal exploitation, and voters will be voiceless against the destruction because those practices will be constitutional; in effect, the democratic process itself will be tossed aside."
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For the record I'm voting no. My main reasoning is this. The amendment is so vague that it is open to interpretation and the burden of resulting possible legal action can only be borne by those with deep pockets.
The protections the amendment promises is already Missouri state law.
