The chicken's wingspan is a hot political item this year

[penguin42]

I was thinking of doing one of those "how I'm going to vote on california propositions" posts but honestly I haven't researched them all yet. But I've had one on my mind a lot recently, and I just need to write something about it.f

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[tr2a]

i'm kind of on two sides about it. i got a little miffed at the assumption that all hell would break loose due to open range policies, because i've been to farms where they do it, and it's definitely not sunny and awesome, but it was still better than the battery frustration that we've got going. but that was france, and even if my relatives had a mass production facility, it still paled to the factory farms here, and i doubt very much that industrialized farming would take the additional steps needed to avoid behavioral and disease issues. so i stewed on that for awhile and also the idea that i dont think i've seen a fix-all prop on any issue ever. props have to be propped up with more props. it's convoluted and ineffective but i've assumed that it's pretty much how decent policy eventually clambers its way through in this state

[penguin42]

regarding the veal and pregnant pig requirements, i'm completely in favor of that part of the prop. But veal and pork aren't very big industries in california and we're moving away from confined housing for them anyway.