DxE activists protest with a “Stolen Lives Stolen Land” banner outside Safeway on College Avenue in Oakland on November 26, 2025. (Credit: Direct Action Everywhere)
November 27, 2025, OAKLAND, CA — On Wednesday evening, demonstrators with the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) held a protest at the Safeway on College Avenue in Oakland to protest the violence behind Thanksgiving, calling attention to the grocery chain’s sale of Foster Farms young turkeys.
During a 2022 investigation at a Foster Farms turkey farm in California, DxE investigators found dozens of baby turkeys collapsed on their backs, dead baby turkeys having their eyes and brains eaten by bugs, and buckets filled with dead bodies. Protesters at Wednesday’s demonstration displayed placards with photos from this investigation. Foster Farms is the largest poultry producer in California and a supplier to stores including Safeway, Walmart, and Target…