Canadian egg farms have tens of thousands of chickens on average, and there’s a lot of separate farms.
US egg farms have millions, and there are fewer total farms.
If a single bird gets infected with avian flu the whole flock needs to be culled. Bigger flocks are both more likely to catch it, and more birds affected when it happens.
Inversely, most provinces have supply management of dairy and poultry products to insure a stable price for consumers and protect farmers from inevitable variable conditions.
Don’t get me wrong I’m a Canadian lifer there’s lots we don’t do right but this here… I love our country. We aren’t completely subverted to American policies.
That said now is when we should be shoring up those areas of our country that are at risk of American corruption.
I tend to agree that people who eat meat and outsource the dirty work without a care in the world as to how it gets to their table are just as guilty as the operators.
Actually you called them an animal abuser. It’s like calling a film buff a sexual assaulter because of what goes on in Hollywood. It’s silly.
I understand this is an important subject for you but if you can’t detach your emotions from your replies then you end up insulting folk and making us all (vegetarians) look like idiots. Stop it.
Actual answer?
Canadian egg farms have tens of thousands of chickens on average, and there’s a lot of separate farms.
US egg farms have millions, and there are fewer total farms.
If a single bird gets infected with avian flu the whole flock needs to be culled. Bigger flocks are both more likely to catch it, and more birds affected when it happens.
There is also a massive chicken cartel in the US which dictates the laws so small farmers cannot abide by all the nitpicking rules.
Inversely, most provinces have supply management of dairy and poultry products to insure a stable price for consumers and protect farmers from inevitable variable conditions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_and_poultry_supply_management_in_Canada
Just because I wanted to read more about it
Don’t get me wrong I’m a Canadian lifer there’s lots we don’t do right but this here… I love our country. We aren’t completely subverted to American policies.
That said now is when we should be shoring up those areas of our country that are at risk of American corruption.
Sounds like time to nationalize
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Capitalism turning people to veganism like it did tiny homes
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Does sux when you cant afford to stick to your principles.
most people are not abusing animals.
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this is a baseless claim.
I tend to agree that people who eat meat and outsource the dirty work without a care in the world as to how it gets to their table are just as guilty as the operators.
one can care without an effective means to do something about it.
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no, you’re making a leap of logic
if that were true, you could prove it, instead of claiming it’s easy to prove.
You’re making an assumption about both that person and their ability to source ethical meat or dairy products.
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Actually you called them an animal abuser. It’s like calling a film buff a sexual assaulter because of what goes on in Hollywood. It’s silly.
I understand this is an important subject for you but if you can’t detach your emotions from your replies then you end up insulting folk and making us all (vegetarians) look like idiots. Stop it.
Every egg carton in my grocery says “cage free” (unless it’s free range). That’s got to be worth something
But also the cartel thing.
And the gov is apparently “protecting” us from solving this ourselves with black market eggs. Bootleggs?
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I heard that we actually vaccinate our livestock too while apparently doing so is illegal in the US?