Thanks to everyone who joined us in asking Governor Kate Brown to shut down mega-dairy Lost Valley Farm. On Wednesday, the Oregon departments of Agriculture and Environmental Quality, which take their orders from the governor, took action to do just that by revoking the water quality permit the dairy needs to operate. See some good press coverage, along with a few of our photos, here. See the full order revoking the permit here. Lost Valley can challenge the order in court bu

Today we join with other organizations from the animal welfare community, along with organizations from the environmental and family farming communities, to urge Governor Kate Brown to shut down the new mega-dairy in Eastern Oregon known as Lost Valley Farm. Please join us by contacting the governor's office using this comment page. Lost Valley Farm started operating last spring near the town of Boardman with about 10,000 cows and with plans to grow to 30,000 cows. Since then

Photo: a dairy cow looks out from its barn at Lost Valley Farm in April 2018. Summary. The owner of Lost Valley Farm, the new mega dairy near Boardman, Oregon, filed bankruptcy at the end of April but plans to continue operations. Background. We have been part of a coalition of groups opposing Lost Valley Farm because we believe animal welfare suffers on large factory farms. In addition to trying to raise awareness about environmental and animal welfare issues associated with

Thanks to all of our supporters who submitted comments on the water right applications for Lost Valley Farm, the new 30,000-cow mega dairy under construction near Boardman, Oregon. Here is an update on the status of those applications and other matters related to the dairy. Summary. The dairy is under construction and has begun operations with a small number of cows even though it has not obtained all the permits it asked for and some permit issues remain outstanding. Backgro