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News | Jan 21, 2013

Stephen Cleghorn on Fracking the Farmland: The Resistance Begins With One Man

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Beyond Personhood: Why Corporations Love the Constitution More Than You do
Dr. Stephen Cleghorn signed the 1st Rights of Nature based legal easement on his 52 acre organic farm in late 2012. Click here to view a stirring speech he gave in 2011, passionately taking a stand to stop fracking and protect the land.

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