Protect The Harvest | SCOTUS Prop 12 Decision Will Harm America’s Food Security

Protect The Harvest is disappointed with the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to allow California’s ill-conceived, misguided, and punitive Proposition 12 to stand. By doing so, SCOTUS sent a clear message to government and animal rights extremists that the U.S. Constitution will not protect states and farmers from one state’s regulatory policing overreach, nor will interstate commerce be allowed to flow freely in the best interest of all states and all Americans. Proposition 12 will adversely impact food costs and availability at a time of high federal government-induced inflation and the corresponding increase in food insecurity. The SCOTUS decision will increase hog farming costs across the nation with no scientific or fact-based benefit. American farmers and consumers are the losers in this decision.