Here’s my chance to sound like an old guy. When I was a kid in the 60’s and 70’s, egg production was very decentralized in my area. We had some big producers and some smaller producers. I worked for one of the small ones.
A lot of people came directly to the farm to buy their eggs. My parents did and they also bought chickens that were older and laying less eggs. Those old chickens made awesome soups and stews! But, I digress.
My point is the older, decentralized model reduced the risk of disease wiping out a significant portion of the egg supply. Being spread out geographically was “social distancing” for chickens so to speak. Today’s big, centralized factory farms are a major risk to the food supply because they have a significant portion of the egg supply in one facility.
What was it in the past?
And I note that those are relatively cheap eggs (Grade A) compared to what my family needs (spa treatment for the chickens) to keep from shitting our pants. What we eat is going for 8$ per dozen in town.
Here’s my chance to sound like an old guy. When I was a kid in the 60’s and 70’s, egg production was very decentralized in my area. We had some big producers and some smaller producers. I worked for one of the small ones.
A lot of people came directly to the farm to buy their eggs. My parents did and they also bought chickens that were older and laying less eggs. Those old chickens made awesome soups and stews! But, I digress.
My point is the older, decentralized model reduced the risk of disease wiping out a significant portion of the egg supply. Being spread out geographically was “social distancing” for chickens so to speak. Today’s big, centralized factory farms are a major risk to the food supply because they have a significant portion of the egg supply in one facility.
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I own a country store, our chicken feed is now 40+ dollars a bag.
What was it in the past?
And I note that those are relatively cheap eggs (Grade A) compared to what my family needs (spa treatment for the chickens) to keep from shitting our pants. What we eat is going for 8$ per dozen in town.