On June 27th, 2018, Oregon Department of Agriculture finally revoked Lost Valley Farm’s permit after racking up over 200 permit violations in less than two years. Now six years later, the Stand Up to Factory Farms Coalition is marking the anniversary of that victory with a Week of Action to send the message to legislators that they need to take action to protect Oregon’s communities, environment, family-scale farmers, farm workers, and animals from factory farming. We need to stop factory farms in Oregon!
Mark your calendars for June 23rd to June 28th for in-person and virtual events to come together to put pressure on our legislators to take urgent action to stop factory farms in Oregon.
Sunday June 23rd- Bikes Against Big-Ag Ride
We’re kicking off our Week of Action with a community bike ride! We’ll meet in Laurelhurst Park at 10 am on the Northwest side of the pond to chat about our campaign to stop factory farms in Oregon and write postcards to legislators together. Around 10:45, we’ll hop on our bikes and ride to King Farmers’ Market to support some of our favorite independent farmers! https://www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-19269
Don’t have a bicycle? Here’s a map of nearby Bike Town ports, there are a few near Laurelhurst and some drop off locations near King farmers market. https://biketownpdx.com/
Where: Laurelhust park, SE Cesar E Chavez Blvd & Stark St, Portland, OR 97214, Portland, OR 97227 Meet on the NW side of the pond
When: 10 am – 12 pm
Monday June 24th- Sign the petition
Help the Stand Up to Factory Farms Coalition meet our goal of collecting 5,000 petition signatures this week to deliver to Governor Kotek this Friday. You can sign the petition and share it with your friends here.
Tuesday June 25th- Art Build at 350PDX office
Let’s get artsy and use our creativity to make posters and signs for future events! We’ll be hosting an art build at 350PDX at 6 pm to sketch and draw posters that amplify our collective voices to fight factory farms!
Where: 350PDX office, 3639 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97227
When: 6:00-8:00 pm
Wednesday June 26th- Pizza Night at Hot Lips on Hawthorne
We will be gathering at Hot Lips Pizza in their party room at 6 pm for some factory farm trivia and postcard writing to the Governor. 10% of sales for the night will go towards the Stand Up to Factory Farms Coalition! So buy yourself a slice (there are vegan options) or a drink and mingle with other activists who want to fight for a sustainable food future.
Where: Hotlips Pizza, 2211 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214
When: 6-7:30 pm
Thursday June 27th- Call-In Day
Your voice is critical to this campaign! Join coalition member, Food & Water Watch for a phone/textbanking session where you can connect with community members while urging our elected officials to take action. We will have a quick 30 min training at 1:30 pm for new folks and those needing a refresher and begin making calls at 2 pm RSVP here
Friday June 28th- Petition Drop
We will be finishing off our Week of Action with a petition drop at Governor Kotek’s office urging the Governor to take further action to stop factory farms in Oregon. Join us at 10 am at the Governor’s office for a petition delivery.
Where: 900 Court St NE 254, Salem, OR 97301
When: 10 am
In the six years since the Lost Valley mega-dairy site closed, Oregonians have fought back against the facility reopening as the Easterday Dairy, against Noble dairy dumping manure into the Applegate river for 20 consecutive days in 2020, and against three proposed Foster Farms, a California corporation, mega-chicken factory farms in Linn county. The message to our elected officials is loud and clear: we need to stop factory farming in Oregon.
If you have any questions about the Week of Action and how to participate, please reach out to Lilli DiPaola at ldipaola@fwwatch.org | (541) 200-6360
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