Farmer Unable to Sell Eggs Faced With Euthanizing Flock of 80,000 Hens–Until Local Woman Steps In

Farmer Unable to Sell Eggs Faced With Euthanizing Flock of 80,000 Hens–Until Local Woman Steps In
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After running out of freezer space in mid-April, a Pennsylvania egg farmer was faced with an impossible choice: find a brand-new market for his eggs in the midst of the COVID pandemic or face euthanizing his flock of 80,000 hens.

Disaster seemed to be a foregone conclusion until help arrived from a local woman with expert social media skills.