Egg Farmer Faces Disaster: Find a Way to Sell 30,000 Eggs a Day or Euthanize 40,000 Hens

Egg Farmer Faces Disaster: Find a Way to Sell 30,000 Eggs a Day or Euthanize 40,000 Hens
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A Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, egg farmer is trying to find makeshift solutions to avoid going under due to market disruptions caused by the pandemic.

Farmer Josh Zimmerman explained to The Morning Call that after a major restaurant and hotel supplier that buys from him cut down on its orders, he faced a stark choice: He needed to continue to sell 30,000 eggs per day or destroy 40,000 of his laying hens, which he could no longer afford to feed.