The Stand Up to Factory Farms Coalition is hosting a lobby day on Thursday, February 27th in Salem to tell our elected officials to support legislation to protect Oregon’s critical groundwater management areas from new or expanding factory farms. We need your support to show how many Oregonians want to see this important legislation passed … Continue reading Attend the Stop Factory Farms in GWMAs Lobby Day
Stand Up To Factory Farms is running a GWMA moratorium on factory farms in the 2025 Legislative Session
Tell your elected officials to take urgent action to protect Oregon's already overburdened communities from the harms of factory farms! For over three decades, Oregon has failed to take meaningful action to address the sources of pollution in the state’s three groundwater management areas, particularly the Lower Umatilla Basin groundwater management area. Factory farms are … Continue reading Stand Up To Factory Farms is running a GWMA moratorium on factory farms in the 2025 Legislative Session
Join Us For a Week of Action: Stop Factory Farming
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 … Continue reading Join Us For a Week of Action: Stop Factory Farming
OREGON COUNTY REQUIRES ONE-MILE SETBACKS FOR NEW LARGE FACTORY FARMS FOLLOWING STATEWIDE LEGISLATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amy van Saun, Center for Food Safety, (585) 747-0151, avansaun@centerforfoodsafety.org Linn County, Oregon - On Tuesday December 12th, 2023, with the new authority passed by the Oregon legislature to reform factory farm regulation, the Linn County Board of Commissioners established a new rule that requires factory farms to be setback at … Continue reading OREGON COUNTY REQUIRES ONE-MILE SETBACKS FOR NEW LARGE FACTORY FARMS FOLLOWING STATEWIDE LEGISLATION
Statement of Solidarity with Oregon Rural Action
The Stand Up to Factory Farms Coalition issued the following statement of solidarity ahead of a vigil Oregon Rural Action held Wednesday November 29th at 6 pm: The Stand Up to Factory Farms Coalition, which represents 31 local, statewide, and national non-profit organizations, stands in solidarity with Oregon Rural Action as they call for further … Continue reading Statement of Solidarity with Oregon Rural Action
BREAKING: Easterday Gives Up on Controversial Oregon Mega-Dairy Plan
Media reports indicate that the Easterday family is giving up its attempt to open a controversial Boardman, Ore., mega-dairy on the failed Lost Valley site. The news comes shortly after the passage of SB 85, a confined animal feeding operation regulation reform bill that fell short of enacting a moratorium on new and expanded factory … Continue reading BREAKING: Easterday Gives Up on Controversial Oregon Mega-Dairy Plan
OR Governor Signs First Reform of Industrial Factory Farm Regulation in Decades
Further protections still needed to shield Oregonians from factory farm threat July 31, 2023 Salem, OR: Today, after years of advocacy by the Stand Up to Factory Farms (SUFF) coalition to encourage state legislators to protect Oregon’s environment and communities from the threat of factory farms, Governor Kotek signed SB 85 into law. The bill … Continue reading OR Governor Signs First Reform of Industrial Factory Farm Regulation in Decades
Public Hearing Set on Factory Farm Moratorium After Dozens of Oregonians Pack Information Session, Demanding State Action
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Contact: Phoebe Galt, Food & Water Watch, 207-400-1275, pgalt@fwwatch.org Public Hearing Set on Factory Farm Moratorium After Dozens of Oregonians Pack Information Session, Demanding State Action Popular legislation will safeguard family-scale farming, rural communities, the environment, climate, animal welfare, health and quality of life Photos available here. Salem, OR — Last night, … Continue reading Public Hearing Set on Factory Farm Moratorium After Dozens of Oregonians Pack Information Session, Demanding State Action
Advocates File Petition Demanding the State of Oregon Address Mega-Dairy Air Pollution
Petition calls for immediate action on unregulated CAFO emissions. Salem, OR – Today, 22 organizations filed a petition for rulemaking with the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission, demanding it take immediate action to address the dangerous air pollution emitted by mega-dairies across the state. Led by members of the Stand Up to Factory Farms coalition, petitioners … Continue reading Advocates File Petition Demanding the State of Oregon Address Mega-Dairy Air Pollution
Records Reveal Even With No Animals On-site, Easterday Dairy Violated Water Quality Laws
Public records reveal 11 violations in 2021. Boardman, OR - Stand Up to Factory Farms has learned that before even obtaining a permit to operate a 28,000-head dairy, Easterday Dairy has already repeatedly violated the “cleanup” permit it inherited when it bought the former mega-dairy site near Boardman, Oregon. Public records obtained by the coalition … Continue reading Records Reveal Even With No Animals On-site, Easterday Dairy Violated Water Quality Laws
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