Stand up to Factory Farms

10/01/2025

Several policy advocates from SUFF organizations met with legislators yesterday to update them about Oregon Department of Agriculture approving two factory farms in Jefferson county and to discuss what can be done to better protect Oregon from the harms of these facilities.

Yesterday, just weeks after the U.S. Drought Monitor revealed that nearly half of the Northwest was in a severe or extreme drought this summer, advocates with Food & Water Watch and the Stand Up to Factory Farm Coalition met with Oregon’s legislators to discuss how they could tackle Oregon’s ong...

09/24/2025

A really good overview of factory farms impacts on the climate. This is why we need to stop factory farming!

The third installment in our special Climate Week video series.

06/09/2025

Our elected officials are once again failing to take decisive action to address the public health crisis in the LUBGWMA.

BOARDMAN, Ore. – Oregon Rural Action and other groups have withdrawn support for SB 1154, a bill initially aimed at tackling groundwater pollution across Oregon. The bill, introduced by Governor

03/28/2025

On Thursdays we wear red.

We like to show up in style while fighting for clean water, so don’t forget to wear red for the public hearing on Thursday April 3rd! You can RSVP here: https://fwwat.ch/4bP50AZ

03/26/2025

SB80 would make sure more factory farms like this couldn’t move into the already polluted parts of our state. Testify in support of SB80 on Thursday April 3rd to protect Oregon’s precious resources from factory farms: https://fwwat.ch/4bP50AZ

03/25/2025

We’re headed to Salem for a rally and public hearing for SB80 on Thursday April 3rd! This important bill would stop new or expanding factory farms in Oregon’s Groundwater Management Areas. Join us to make your voice heard: https://fwwat.ch/4bP50AZ

03/18/2025

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14032025/american-beef-industry-knew-climate-impact-decades-ago/

New research finds the industry’s campaigns to confuse the public about beef’s climate impact go back longer than previously recognized.

03/05/2025

Animal Legal Defense Fund 's Lindsay Veirheilig talks about the animal welfare implications of factory farms and why it is sso important to pass SB80 this session.

03/05/2025

Food & Water Watch - Oregon 's Aimee Stone talks about the impacts of factory farms at our lobby day last week. We're done with our legislators giving Big-Ag a free pass to pollute and leaving the families near by to deal with the consequences.

03/05/2025

Oregon Rural Action's Director of Policy and Research, Kaleb Lay, talks about the impacts of nitrate contamination on his community in the Lower Umatilla Basin and the public health crisis caused by this pollution. He says, "SB 80 is a simple, small, and critical step in the right direction."

03/04/2025

"Last February, five residents living in the basin sued some of the region’s top agricultural operations – Beef Northwest Feeders, Lamb Weston Holdings, Madison Ranches, the Port of Morrow and Threemile Canyon Farms – for claims including negligence and violating the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The residents want compensation and environmental remediation, among other things."

Attorneys representing Lower Umatilla Basin residents look to expand case as it moves to Portland