BOARDMAN â Cody Easterday is still waiting for the Oregon Department of Agriculture to approve his application, submitted in June 2019, for a Confined Animal Feeding Operation near the city of Boardman.
Easterday, a 49-year-old rancher whose family owns a huge agricultural operation in Washington state, proposes to open a mega-dairy that would be the second-largest in Oregon. The Easterday Dairy would have up to 28,300 animals and use more water than most cities in the state.
The future of Easterday Dairy is in doubt, however. On March 31, Cody Easterday pleaded guilty to a âghost cattle scamâ that defrauded Tyson Foods and another company out of more than $244 million by charging for the purchase and feeding of animals that never existed.
Cheese in the Desert: Why Mega-Dairies are Piping Water onto Oregon’s Shrub-Steppe
An environmental coalition is lobbying for a moratorium on mega-dairies, which have proliferated in a water-challenged area of northeastern Oregon
In Boardman, Bombing Range Road divides a disused U.S. Navy bombing range (left) and large areas of irrigated land. On the right, Sage Hollow Ranch, one of several mega-dairies in the area, is permitted for up to 8,700 cows. Photo by NASHCO
This piece is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News, California Health Report, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, Circle of Blue, Columbia Insight, Ensia, High Country News, New Mexico In Depth and SJV Water. It was made possible by a grant from The Water Desk, with support from Ensia and INN’s Amplify News Project.
Oregon lawmakers seek to ban fake green labeling on non-recyclable plastic containers
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Oregon lawmakers want to stop companies from labelling plastic products that can t be recycled with the familiar triangle logo that signals they re recyclable. (Photo courtesy of Metro)
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Oregonians would have an easier time figuring out what they’re allowed to put in their curbside recycling bins and what they must trash under a measure that’s scheduled for a vote in an Oregon Senate Committee on Thursday.
Senate Bill 582 would prohibit the use of the triangular “chasing arrows” symbol on plastics products sold in Oregon unless they are on a state-approved list of items that can genuinely be recycled.
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An audio version of the story on bills to expand state oversight of Oregon s long-term care facilities.
Senator Sara Gelser of Corvallis is cosponsoring two bills that have to do with Oregon’s long-term care facilities. SB 714 would establish staffing ratios based on patient needs. Gelser said there’s not a one-size fits all approach.
“Ultimately, this is about the residents that live in these facilities and their right to have dignified lives, to be safe, to be comfortable,” Gelser said. “For them to do that, they need to be supported by staff and staff are exhausted.”
Gelser said with the pandemic limiting family members’ access to care homes, staffing issues have become more apparent as often family would help out with care. She added staff need more training, support and pay.
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