So many subjects waiting for comment: The newly independent country of South Sudan, the current emphasis on the deficit when approximately one in ten Americans is out of work, Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania, the David Brooks column today on the mental effects of poverty, to name a few.
Instead I’m writing about chickens. The United Egg Producers and the Humane Society [full disclosure--I am not a member of either group] have agreed to support a national law that would set the standards for space for laying hens at 144 square inches. Take your ruler and measure out a square 12 inches by 12 inches. That’s the improved standard. Right now it is 67 square inches.
There are good reasons to buy free range eggs, not that I’m advertising here. I just don’t think any chicken should have to spend its life in 144 square inches of space, not even a leghorn.
By the way, the National Pork Producers Council is appalled by the agreement. The Pork Council thinks a national law would set a dangerous precedent.
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