Animal rights activists are promoting a ballot initiative that would ban factory farming in Sonoma County. Large farming interests are not happy.
Think 'Sonoma County farm,' and most people will conjure an image of docile cows chewing cud or chickens scratching the dirt, idly whiling away their days among the grassy, green hills of this mostly rural, coastal Northern California county. But animal rights activists say all is not right in this region known for its wine and farm-to-fork sensibilities.
So, too would a medium-sized CAFO — with more than 200 cattle — if it discharged animal waste into surface water. In the case of chickens, it would be illegal to house 125,000 chickens, or more than 37,500 if the facility discharged waste into surface water. A 'permitting authority' could also shut down a medium CAFO if it deemed the facility a 'significant contributor of pollutants.
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