Sonoma County voters will decide on a ballot measure that would force large farms to downsize or close Proponents argue Measure J would support animal welfare and environmental protections ...

Sonoma County’s Ag and Open Space District is launching a pilot program called Buy-Protect-Sell, and it’s meant to help farmers like Erin Roscoe and her partner Brennan Murphy. They run Fox Sparrow ...

A controversial ban on large animal farms in Sonoma County appears to be heading for a major defeat, as early returns show 85% of the voters rejecting Measure J. The citizen initiative would have ...

Farmers feel the measure has created awareness, too, about the challenges they face, said Dayna Ghirardelli, executive director of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau. Many local communities oppose the ...

And that has put Weber, and many of his fellow Sonoma County farmers, in the political crosshairs of Measure J, a county ballot initiative that seeks to banish large poultry and dairy farms ...

He hopes it will spark interest from Healdsburg-area wineries and farms in a 7,000-acre area ... from the supply from 1975 to 2010 in Sonoma County’s Santa Rosa Groundwater Subbasin.

“At the end of the day, they want to burn down our farm and every other farm in Sonoma County,” said Weber, whose family has produced eggs in the area since 1912. Sonoma would be the first ...

PETALUMA, Calif. - Hundreds of thousands of chickens are housed on Mike Weber’s farm in Petaluma in Sonoma County. The agricultural roots run deep for Weber. Four generations of his family have ...

Farmers feel the measure has created awareness, too, about the challenges they face, said Dayna Ghirardelli, executive director of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau. Many local communities oppose the ...

which is one of the large-scale animal farms that would be forced to phase out or downsize if Measure J is passed by Sonoma County voters, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Petaluma, Calif. Credit ...