SALEM â State lawmakers will once again consider a moratorium on mega-dairies after the spectacular failure of a 30,000-cow operation in Eastern Oregon.
A coalition of environmental and animal welfare groups backing the proposal argues mega-dairies should be regulated like other heavy industry and that, until they are, Oregon should stop permitting them.
âI think that if mega-dairies had to comply with the environmental laws that all the other industries have to, they would not be as economically feasible as they are now,â said Amy van Saun, a senior attorney at the Center for Food Safetyâs Portland office.
Meat and dairy occupy an increasingly controversial position in the American diet.