In Alabama, farm interests are considering it a major victory that the Family Farm Preservation Act passed and has been signed into law by Governor Bob Riley. The Family Farm Preservation Act prevents law-abiding farms from being declared a public nuisance. The bill was amended to exclude new or expanding CAFOs that raise pork and to restate the judge’s authority to require the plaintiff to pay the farmer’s legal fees, if the lawsuit is frivolous.

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