New York Dairy Farms Skirt Clean Water Act Requirements
Farms in New York have used a form of legal arbitrage to shield their manure management practices from scrutiny.
Lee Harris · August 11, 2021

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Lee Harris co-founded New York Focus and currently works part-time on strategy and development as contributing editor. She is also a staff… more
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