Anti-Pollution Measure J Sees Backlash From Sonoma Farmers

CBS Bay Area

May 24, 2024

A summer of discontent is looming in Sonoma County, as Measure J sets the stage for an old story: animal activists vs. large-scale poultry and cattle ranching.

Measure 'J' would outlaw larger animal farms and those defined as polluting the water in Sonoma County. Such farms are called CAFOs, short for 'Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations'- or euphemistically, 'factory farms'.

Kristina Garfinkel of the Coalition to End Factory Farming says "CAFOs are major polluters. They pollute groundwater, surface water. And they're cruel to animals."

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