When the automobile was young, biofuels were a viable competitor to petroleum-based fuels. Then anticompetitive forces and government intervention pushed them out of the market. Recently, biofuels are getting another look. Despite their benefits, biofuels face serious barriers to entry. Many...

Today, local, state, and federal governments provide incentives intended to conserve agricultural uses. One of those incentives, the conservation easement, is flourishing in both quantity and acres conserved. Perpetual conservation easements are generally assumed to be superior to shorter-term...

Most policies aimed at conserving agriculture have failed because they are not comprehensive enough. A successful program accounts for maintenance of agricultural viability, preservation of ecosystem services, and management of development into desired areas. Growth management, the...