The state agreed to allow pork slaughtered before July 1 to be sold in California markets and restaurants for the rest of the year.
Niman stands to benefit from the law because it contracts with farmers that have long met California’s new animal welfare rules.
Californians approved Proposition 12 in 2018, mandating that fresh pork sold in their state had to be born to sows with at least 24 square feet of space, allowing a breeding pig to turn around and extend its limbs. It effectively banned widely used gestation crates that protect sows from other pigs, which can be aggressive, but that many people see as cruel.
After about five years, the farm now has about 3,600 breeding sows. It sells 80,000 hogs a year to Coleman Natural Foods, a Colorado-based national meat distributor that has sold only crate-free pork since 2018. “When they’re in the pens, they’re laying down, chill. There’s basically no noise,” Schilling said. “They definitely feel more relaxed.”
Bacon is likely to remain well stocked because it can be frozen. But fresh products could be in shorter supply.
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