It’s time to stop new and expanding factory farms in California. The health of our communities and our planet depends on it. Tell Governor Newsom and California legislators that we must end California’s unhealthy addiction to factory farms now.

• U.S. factory farms are expanding to the detriment of our communities. They're raising more animals than ever before – 97 million more than just five years earlier.
• Factory farms put public health and the food supply at risk, pollute the environment and drinking water, wreck rural communities, and fuel climate change — while increasing corporate control over our food.
• And factory farms are incubators for zoonotic diseases. They're harmful to animals and workers.

In California, 1.7 million milk cows live on mega-dairies. This is more than any other state, and more than twice as many as the number two state, Wisconsin. Together, California’s mega-dairies produce 68.3 billion pounds of manure each year. Mega-dairies stamp out family-scale farms, sap scarce water resources, and pollute surrounding communities. While powerful corporations pour millions into lobbying to enable factory farming, all Californians, including environmental justice communities, workers, and animals are harmed by this reckless, irresponsible expansion.

New mega-dairies and factory farms fuel the climate crisis. Livestock is responsible for 70% of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions as of 2021. While 1/4 of global greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture and land use, 1/5 of total worldwide emissions come from factory farms alone. To solve the climate crisis, we need an immediate statewide ban on new factory farms and on the expansion of existing ones.

Take action: Tell Governor Newsom and state legislators that California needs to stop building and expanding factory farms.