The Law of Hard Times: Essays

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ND Corporate Farming Bill Update: Amended But Hollow Without Enforcement?

March 1, 2023/by Sarah

Status Update on ND HB 1371: the Trojan Horse Bill on Corporate Farming

February 14, 2023/by Sarah

Is House Bill 1371 a Trojan Horse? Yes! And a Trojan Cow, Trojan Pig, Trojan Chicken…

January 17, 2023/by Sarah

Our Strength is from the Soil

December 14, 2022/by Andrea Guevara

Why, Oh Why, Has Attorney General Drew Wrigley Been So Lame on Enforcement of the North Dakota Anti-Corporate Farming Law?

November 7, 2022/by Andrea Guevara

The Soul of North Dakota: Again At Risk?

August 23, 2022/by Sarah
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HB 1371 testimony, image courtesy of North Dakota Farmers Union

ND Corporate Farming Bill Update: Amended But Hollow Without Enforcement?

When I last submitted comments on North Dakota’s proposed legislation HB 1371, the "Trojan Horse Bill" that would allow an open door to corporate farming, I was adamant that it had to be defeated. Still, I wasn't optimistic. Given the…
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HB 1371 testimony, image courtesy of North Dakota Farmers Union

Status Update on ND HB 1371: the Trojan Horse Bill on Corporate Farming

On January 27, 2023, a good-sized crowd of farmers and folks showed up at the House Agriculture Committee of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly to tell committee members to vote NO on Governor Burgum’s corporate farm bill, HB 1371. This…
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Is House Bill 1371 a Trojan Horse? Yes! And a Trojan Cow, Trojan Pig, Trojan Chicken…

The phrase “Trojan horse” arose from a massive wooden horse said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to deceptively enter the walled city of Troy. I can’t read ancient Greek and I suspect few readers of this essay…
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Our Strength is from the Soil

  In my last email newsletter,  I asked why, oh why, has North Dakota's Attorney General Drew Wrigley been so lame on enforcing the state's anti-corporate farming law in regards to the recent purchase of farm land by Bill…
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Why, Oh Why, Has Attorney General Drew Wrigley Been So Lame on Enforcement of the North Dakota Anti-Corporate Farming Law?

By now, it is pretty clear that entities linked with Bill Gates are buying farmland in North Dakota. It is also pretty clear that Drew Wrigley, appointed as North Dakota’s Attorney General by Governor Doug Burgum, isn’t interested in enforcing…
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The Soul of North Dakota: Again At Risk?

In 2016, Willie Nelson and I wrote an essay "Measure 1 Is About the Soul of North Dakota." It was about saving the North Dakota anti-corporate farm law. Six years later, this law is again at risk. And, this time the risk comes from an unexpected…
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