North Carolina Court of Appeals rules that biodiesel production is not a “bona fide farm use”

In North Carolina, the state Court of Appeals held that biodiesel production is not a bona fide farm use. The court reversed a ruling by Iredell County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Taylor allowing farmers Phil and Mike McLain to produce 500,000 gallons of fuel on their property.

Iredell County had rezoned part of McLain farms to allow heavy manufacturing, promoting a lawsuit from Iredell Neighbors for Rural Life.

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