Sonoma County ballot measure would ban large livestock farms [View all]
This November, voters in Sonoma County will decide on a first-of-its-kind proposal, known as "Measure J," to ban large concentrated animal feeding operations.
The industrial farms primarily raise chickens, ducks and cattle.
Kristina Garfinkel, a Santa Rosa resident and an organizer with the Coalition to End Factory Farming, said the large operations tend to have poor records when it comes to animal welfare and spark environmental concerns with the odor and runoff from the lagoons of animal waste.
"They pollute water with nitrates, phosphates," Garfinkel outlined. "They also pollute the air through greenhouse gas emissions and they're also just perfect vectors to spread very contagious diseases, such as avian flu and things like that."
https://publicnewsservice.org/2024-08-05/animal-welfare/sonoma-county-ballot-measure-would-ban-large-livestock-farms/a91627-1
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