Ballot initiative would let farm animals roam
Massachusetts is launching a meaty initiative.
Beginning in 2022, Massachusetts farms and businesses could be required to sell only eggs from cage-free hens, pork from pigs not kept in small crates, and veal from calves not raised in tight enclosures, The Boston Globe reports.
The Humane Society of the United States and other top state and national animal welfare groups are attempting to get the question on the 2016 ballot to take a step towards some standards of protection for farm animals, the Globe reports.
But the issue is facing some pushback, the Globe reports. Food industry workers warned the initiative could lead to increased prices, which would hurt farmers and consumers. As the bill doesn’t just target production of the produce, but also the sale of it, experts warned that it could make some foods like eggs out of a low-income family’s price range.
Read the full story at the Globe.
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