Small independent farmers faced wirh crushing legal defence costs dont have the luxury of the finer points of the law. Many have had to settle. I have some catching up to do on this issue but the courts have not sided with the independent farmers. And it had not been isolated cases. 300 farmers joined on a suit and lost on a technicality that their pleading was preemptive. In other words they have to wait to defend themselves individually
>> “I have some catching up to do on this issue but the courts have not sided with the independent farmers.” <<
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That has to be the understatement of the century!
If we fail to pass prop 37 we may see the end of agriculture in the very near future. Its protections are the very minimum that is needed.