7.17.20 - Foie Gras Farms Duck Destruction
'Sergio Saravia couldn’t sleep Tuesday night—he was too happy. The coronavirus pandemic had hit his business hard, and he had been weighing layoffs. Then word came that a federal judge in Los Angeles had issued a ruling that might save Mr. Saravia’s farm in upstate New York.'
'Judge Wilson’s ruling is only a reprieve; there’s no guarantee it’ll be upheld on appeal. New York City also banned foie gras in November, effective in 2022. Then there’s the pandemic. “They shut down New York City restaurants, and there we are going under,” Mr. Saravia says. Without loans from the Paycheck Protection Program, La Belle Farm “would’ve been done.”'