[Egg-laying hens pecking at the camera]
[Educational booth set up on a college campus by Measure J supporters]
Kristina Garfinkel (interview): “Measure J is a citizen led ballot measure that aims to phase out and end factory farming in Sonoma County, and it does so using an EPA term called concentrated animal feeding operations. If passed, approximately 21 CFOs in the county would have three years to either downsize their operations to below the EPA’s limit or cease their operations completely.”
[Garfinkel talking to college students about Measure J on campus]
Kristina Garfinkel (interview): “It’s hard to fathom what it would be like being one of those animals that has never even seen the color of the sky, or felt the breeze, you know, amongst them. So yeah, I think I just feel devastated. But I also know that I can do something about it.”
[Feeding rescued farm piglets at an animal sanctuary]
Kathy Cullen (interview): “I don’t believe any animal should be confined. So when I see them confined in any way, it’s rough. And when I see so many animals that are abused, again, for no reason other than people like the way it tastes.”
[Cullen giving pigs celery]
Kathy Cullen (interview): “I get yelled out all the time. Go back to Berkeley! I don’t live in Berkeley, I live here.”
Cullen petting pigs
Kathy Cullen (interview): “Measure J is not closing down anyone. We are asking them to downsize.”
[Egg-laying hens]
Mike Weber (interview): “California Department of Food and Ag comes out and inspects. Our organic certifiers, they come out and inspect. Our supermarkets come out and inspect. We have multiple layers of protections for our animals.”
[Egg-laying hens]
Mike Weber (interview): “It’s an activist group of vegans who want us to have a vegan diet. They want to start here in Sonoma County and put us out of business.”
[Eggs on conveyor belts]
Mike Weber (interview): “You’re going to see price inflation. Everybody’s going to feel it. We’ve had enough with price inflation. It also takes away thousands of jobs in this county.”
[Eggs being inspected and packaged]
Dayna Ghirardelli (interview): “Everybody knows what Sonoma County is about. Everybody trusts our farmers here. They are connected.”
[Booth at a farmer’s market selling homemade sausages]
Dayna Ghirardelli (interview): “We have to be good stewards of our animals in order to to produce the food that we do. So, you know, it’s just unfortunate that it’s come to really at the end of the day. This measure is really a stepping stone for a group who doesn’t believe in animal agriculture in and of itself.”
[“No on Measure J” sign]
This script was provided by The Associated Press.