Learn more about Washoe County’s livestock disclosure policy

        Washoe County requires that people buying new homes in new subdivisions be

        informed of pre-existing noise and odor from animals. The policy is included in the

        county’s North Valley’s Area Plan.

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Learn more about urban-rural conflict

        “Totally Plucked Up: Chickens In Missoula,” NewWest.net, Dec. 19, 2007

        “Urban and Rural: Lifestyles Clash Over Differing Views of Open Space,”

                NewWest.net, Nov. 27, 2007

        “Farm Wars: Can ‘Right to Farm’ Laws Resolve Growing Land Use Conflicts?”

                The Next American City, April 2005

        “When City and Country Clash,” a project of the National Public Policy Education

                Committee in cooperation with the Farm Foundation

Learn about organizations that study rural issues

        Agricultural Law Center, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa

        National Agricultural Law Center, University of Arkansas

        Agricultural Law Resource & Reference Center, PennState

        Rural Information Center, National Agricultural Library

        American Farmland Trust