Secessionist California Pig Farmers Swear Revenge on 'Hollywood Types'

Rural California is seceding from the urban coast? Well, if industrial pig farmers have anything to do with it, cities like Visalia, Tulare, and Fresno will soon be working to separate themselves from the heathen-vegan coast! The reason? It's all because we took their chicken coops away from them -- or, at least, because we fought against current agro-industrial standards for livestock health and welfare. The New York Times reports on a growing movement to separate California into geographical sects, spearheaded by Big Ag laborers who blame city-dwellers for failing farm productivity and insensitive policies.

The irony of Prop 2, of course, is that now California's supermarkets are simply purchasing their eggs from foreign farms that are not beholden to any state laws. (Yup, that means your run-of-the-mill grocery eggs aren't any happier than they were pre Prop-2). Clearly, more work needs to be done to solve the serious problems of agro-industrial food production in our state. But is secession really the answer? Breaking California up into parts is an idea almost as old as the state itself, however, so Mr. Rogers may be tilting at windmills if he wants to divide the Golden land up. Even though us "Hollywood types" may not understand the myriad of issues, concerning both people and livestock, that is driving this new separatist movement, we've still got the power of the pocketbook. It's time for both parties to come to the table, so to speak, and break bread over how to sustain the state's economy, the people's health, and the animals' standard of living. Everybody needs to lay down arms -- vegans and farmers alike -- and strive for a solution that's both good for the body and good for the wallet.