By Aimee Travis | Food & Water Watch | Oct. 1, 2024

In July, Food & Water Watch and Oregon Rural Action partnered up with a local pilot from the organization LightHawk to get a bird’s eye view of Eastern Oregon — a region with a high concentration of factory farms. What we saw has strengthened my dedication to fight against factory farming, an industry defined by cruel and unethical practices and propped up on the exploitation of the environment and workers.

My name is Aimee Travis and I am the Oregon Organizer for Food & Water Watch. After many years of being an outspoken advocate against factory farming, seeing the sheer size of these operations from up above — everything from the manure lagoons to the individual cows — pushed me even further to work toward finally ending this industry.