Despite campaign spending topping $2 million, Measure J initiated by the Coalition to End Factory Farming, a collection of animal rights groups that have been active for years in Sonoma County, Calif.

Thousands of local voters signed petitions to ban “factory farms,” but when they realized Measure J targeted family farms rather than Central Valley feed lots, they delivered an unequivocal verdict.

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Sonoma County, California, voters roundly rejected a ballot measure that would have banned concentrated animal feeding ...

Voters in Sonoma County, Calif., on Tuesday rejected Measure J, which would have limited the size of animal farming ...

Measure J pitted animal-rights activists against dairy businesses in the famed California agricultural region of Sonoma County.

California voters in the major agricultural region of Sonoma County overwhelmingly voted down a controversial ballot proposal to phase out large farms in a win for the meat industry.

The appeal marks another chapter in a disagreement stretching back years over what authority Sonoma County voters granted ...

In a win for farmers, Sonoma County voters struck down Measure J, a proposal to prohibit Concentrated Animal Feeding ...