A ballot initiative from the Coalition to End Factory Farming in Sonoma County, California, aims to restrict the size of livestock and poultry farms.
The Wisconsin Farmers Union and Clean Wisconsin have filed an additional motion to intervene in a lawsuit involving the state’s regulations of CAFOs.
In livestock production, “CAFO” stands for concentrated animal feeding operation, and although I grew up on a large dairy (yeah, a CAFO!) I hadn’t heard the term CAFO until I read Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma. CAFOs have a bad reputation in mainstream media, but most people don’t actually understand what a CAFO is […]
The goal of the Cory Booker-backed legislation is to eliminate large operations in the next 20 years, with no large operations able to go on after Jan. 1, 2040.