Thanks Neil. Good catch, and sorry I’m only replying now—I hadn’t checked the Forum over the break. I assumed that the original article was referring to all cage-free production because:
The 15% cage-free immediately follows a claim referring to all Brazilian production: “This type of production did not exist in Brazil until 2017. Mantiqueira was the first one. Seven years later, [cage-free] production represents almost 15% of the total.”
The next sentence reads: “We were a driving force.” This implies they were a driving force in an industry-wide change, and doesn’t really make sense if it refers to their production, i.e. “We were a driving force in getting ourselves to go 15% cage-free.”
But I think this could be a translation issue. And I don’t have any other sources, while the sources you found seem more likely to be accurate. So I suspect you’re right that sadly Brazil has made less progress thatn we thought.
Thanks Neil. Good catch, and sorry I’m only replying now—I hadn’t checked the Forum over the break. I assumed that the original article was referring to all cage-free production because:
The 15% cage-free immediately follows a claim referring to all Brazilian production: “This type of production did not exist in Brazil until 2017. Mantiqueira was the first one. Seven years later, [cage-free] production represents almost 15% of the total.”
The next sentence reads: “We were a driving force.” This implies they were a driving force in an industry-wide change, and doesn’t really make sense if it refers to their production, i.e. “We were a driving force in getting ourselves to go 15% cage-free.”
But I think this could be a translation issue. And I don’t have any other sources, while the sources you found seem more likely to be accurate. So I suspect you’re right that sadly Brazil has made less progress thatn we thought.