In the ever-bustling streets of Thailand, where spicy street food aromas dance through the air and tuk-tuks zip by, an unexpected battle is brewing in the world of agriculture. Thailand’s pig farmers, with their mud-splattered boots and sharpened determination, have found themselves on the front lines of an intense and very porky protest. Their foe? A looming avalanche of inexpensive American pork threatening to crash into their markets, potentially flattening generations of tradition and local livelihood like a stack of overhyped flapjacks. Just yesterday, on the 7th of July, the passionate pig protectors from the National Swine Raisers Association (NSRA) unleashed a statement so fiery it could grill a whole hog. They implored the Thai government to slam the gate shut on American pork imports, fearing that a flood of bargain bacon would drown their cherished industry in economic chaos. With intense urgency, they painted a dire portrait: over 100,000…
