Community Enacts Law to Protect Family Farms and Its Environment
A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from July 10, 2017.
TODD TOWNSHIP, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, PA: Last night, supervisors in Todd Township, Huntingdon County, voted 2-1 to adopt a Community Bill of Rights ordinance banning industrial farming. The rights-based law prohibits farming operations when the animals are not owned locally and when most of the farm’s revenues do not stay within the Township. Farming operations that are contrary to the scenic and esthetic values that provide Todd Township’s rural character are also prohibited. MORE…