VOLUME 11 - 2018-2019 ISSUE 1

11 Ky. J. Equine, Agric. & Nat. Resources L. 257 (2018). 

Kentucky’s Agricultural and Ecological Future: Designing Legal and Policy Initiatives for the Commonwealth to Develop Tomorrow’s Foodcrops

Article Written By: John W. Head

In this article, author John W. Head discusses the importance of Kentucky adopting robust initiatives to transform its own agriculture. Kentucky agriculture holds unprecedented promise for Kentuckians—not just today’s generations but tomorrow’s as well. Fulfilling this promise requires first acknowledging the dead-end character of some existing “extractive” agricultural practices, particularly those showing an addiction to fossil-carbon inputs, and then developing new natural-systems agricultural practices that will prove sustainable and enriching for the Commonwealth’s soil and society.