Whole Foods: Shame on You for Selling Meyenberg

Please join us at 1:30pm, May 2nd, at Halcyon Commons to brief for a protest on the public sidewalk in front of the Telegraph Whole Foods. Whole Foods sells Meyenbergs Goats’ Milk which is a good enough reason to protest by itself, but on top of that, Meyenberg’s Vera Goats’ Milk Dairy factory farm is cooperating in the felony prosecutions of four of our activists.

In May 2025, DxE activists rescued two sick baby goats, Phoebe and Celia, from Vera Dairy in Kings County. They supply milk to Meyenberg, the largest producer of goat milk in the United States. Nearly a year later, animal rescuers Carla Cabral, Sally Zito, Joe Allman, and Taj Uppal were charged with felony grand theft for rescuing Phoebe and Celia.

The open rescue followed a months-long DxE investigation that found sick goats were denied adequate medical care, and dozens of dead mother and baby goats were regularly being dumped into an illegal dead pile on the property. Vera Dairy was cited by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board in 2021 for improperly disposing of deceased animals, and DxE's investigation revealed this environmental violation was continuing years later.

Meyenberg continues to get away with criminal animal cruelty despite reports made to the Kings County District Attorney’s Office and other local law enforcement, leading to no animal welfare enforcement actions. The Kings County DA has instead decided to use its resources not to protect the goats still suffering from neglect and cruelty, but to prosecute the compassionate individuals who tried to stop it.

During this nationwide weekend of action, we will continue to expose the animal cruelty happening at Meyenberg and to demand that animal cruelty be prosecuted — not the animal rescuers who expose it.

WHEN: 1:30pm, Saturday, May 2nd
WHERE: Halcyon Commons - 3039 Halcyon Ct, Berkeley, CA
ACCESSIBILITY: There will be some walking and standing. We’ll have a few chairs on hand in case anyone needs to sit.
WHO: Everyone is welcome! If you're nervous, you can come observe or hold a sign quietly.

Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) is a grassroots network of animal rights activists. We ask that all those who attend our events (online and offline) respect our Code of Conduct which can be reviewed at dxe.io/conduct.