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
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
ODA Asks Cody Easterday to Withdraw Mega-Dairy Application
Salem, OR - Oregon Department of Agriculture announced it has sent a letter asking Cody Easterday to withdraw his application for a mega-dairy on the site of the former Lost Valley Farm dairy in Boardman, Oregon. ODA determined Easterday — currently awaiting sentencing for defrauding Tyson Meat out of $244 million — was not the … Continue reading ODA Asks Cody Easterday to Withdraw Mega-Dairy Application
Coalition urges OR Water Resources Commission to narrow the stockwatering exemption.
On December 1st the Stand Up To Factory Farms coalition submitted additional comments in support of their original petition to the Oregon Water Resources Commission to limit the amount of water mega-dairies can use in two critical groundwater areas under an exemption from permit requirements for “stockwatering.” The comments were in response to comments from opponents … Continue reading Coalition urges OR Water Resources Commission to narrow the stockwatering exemption.
Coalition Urges California State to Deny Oregon Mega-Dairy Application to Participate in the Low Carbon Fuel Standards Program.
The Stand Up To Factory Farms Coalition submitted comments urging the California Air Resources Board to deny Threemile Canyon Farm mega-dairy's application to participate in the Low Carbon Fuel Standards Program for its production of biomethane. While Threemile Canyon continues to pollute the air of the predominantly Latinx rural community in Morrow County, OR, as … Continue reading Coalition Urges California State to Deny Oregon Mega-Dairy Application to Participate in the Low Carbon Fuel Standards Program.
Advocates Submit Comments to ODA to Deny Permit for New Mega-Dairy in Klamath County.
Today, the Stand Up To Factory Farms Coalition along with animal welfare, environmental, family farm, public health, rural advocacy, and wildlife protection organizations submitted comments on the proposed Animal Waste Management permit for Straight Ranch. Straight Ranch would house 2,500 cows in a new facility in Klamath County, OR. The letter urges the Oregon Department … Continue reading Advocates Submit Comments to ODA to Deny Permit for New Mega-Dairy in Klamath County.
A Statement on Recent Events
The events of the last week, including the murder of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers, are reflective of a system that does not value black and brown life. Communities of color and indigenous nations across the U.S. have long been denied justice and subjected to institutionalized inequality, government-sanctioned violence and are often met … Continue reading A Statement on Recent Events
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Fails to Address Mega-Dairy Emissions in New Climate Plan
Despite pressure from advocates, DEQ proposes to continue decades of inaction on ag pollution Salem, OR - Stand Up to Factory Farms, a broad coalition of family farming, environmental, food safety, and animal welfare organizations, criticizes the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for its failure to include mega-dairy emissions in its greenhouse gas reduction … Continue reading Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Fails to Address Mega-Dairy Emissions in New Climate Plan
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