Fighting Back Against Big Ag in Oregon with Stand Up to Factory Farms

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We talk a lot on this show and in the Coast Range Association work more broadly, about the invasive plague of global capital into our timberlands, all just about all other aspects of our world.

One of the key frontlines in the fight against that invasion is mega factory farms, and the pacific northwest is a huge land grab target for Big Ag.

I want to say right up top, this episode is not about eating meat or not. No matter where you stand on eating meat, factory farms are an indefensible way to raise animals for all the reasons we’ll get into today, and many more.

Like most issues, when we make it about personal choice and personal responsibility, we let the true culprits off the hook, in this case, the agribusiness giants who control our food systems.

Real progress requires systemic change. That’s why I’m so excited to speak with three representatives of the Stand Up to Factory Farms coalition about their campaigns to change policy, and what we can all do to help. The guests for this show are:

• Tarah Heinzen, Food & Water Watch Legal Director
• Amy Van Saun, Center for Food Safety Senior Attorney
• Alice Morrison, Friends of Family Farmers Co-Director

If you are inspired to get involved in this fight, their website is standuptofactoryfarms.org.

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Show Notes:

• OR Factory Farming Moratorium Factsheet-SB85.pdf
• Stand Up to Factory Farms Coalition website
• Food & Water Watch research on the pollution and greenhouse gas emissions of Oregon’s mega-dairy factory farms
• SB 85-1 bill language

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