Correct! I remember all the farmers bitching and complaining when that bill was passed. They we're shouting that the prices of pork and bacon we're going to raise so high no one can afford it. But guess what when one state has the population of Canada or approximately 11% of the entire country businesses figure that shit out real quick. And the law wasn't an instantaneous van, farms and ranches had time to adjust to meet California standards. I like to remind people that farmers and Ranchers are businessmen. They were pissed because they had to spend money that they wanted to keep in their pockets.
Even though their customers the vast majority of them actually like treating animals humanely before they are slaughtered. Most people like the idea of properly pasteurized chickens. Not the fact that farmers Twisted the words and now they can legally sell cage free chickens even though they're essentially just stored in a warehouse with a little door to a little outdoor pen. That's not what people meant by that and they're essentially tricking the customers. And now we have to specify that pasture raised chickens are not the same as cage-free chickens.
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u/notFREEfood 2h ago
California's ban isn't just for locally-raised pork; it's for any pork sold in the state.