“Perhaps some farmer will do the analysis and come to the conclusion it would be better to have two sets of cages and charge the Californicans the increase and the rest of the market at the normal prices.”
That is the more likely outcome. But don’t expect the “California boutique” eggs to be a very widespread or particularly profitable line. Californians, vegan or not, will simply stop consuming eggs, or get them black market, from backyard flock keepers, without going through supermarkets and the normal commercial network. The criminal aspect might just play in here as well. Works nicely with pot growing.
Now, if the chickens get fed a little hash....
—staring my day with a great laugh—right on, bro—