The creator defends a local egg farm, Happy Hens, against media accusations of a salmonella outbreak. He presents the farm's counter-evidence, including negative test results, highlights the damage caused by the news reports, and suggests a broader agenda against local farmers in favor of lab-grown products. He concludes with a personal endorsement, vouching for the family-run farm's integrity and drinking one of their raw eggs on camera to prove his trust.
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Supporting your local farmer is the solution.
If I didn’t have a relationship with @trulyhappyhens and only knew what I was seeing in the news, I’d probably be afraid to eat these eggs too.
But that’s the difference between simply buying food and knowing where your food comes from.
I know the farmers.
I’ve been to the farm.
I’ve seen the testing.
I know how these animals are raised.
And I know the family and friends closest to the farm have continued eating these same eggs throughout all of this.
Show them some love if you’re in the area 🥚
Transcript
According to authorities, these eggs have salmonella, so I bought some to prove a point. A couple weeks ago, Happy Hens, one of the best quality egg companies in Southern California, was connected to a salmonella outbreak where a local cafe that used their eggs reportedly had twenty one cases. Despite having no hard evidence and Happy Hands even providing negative testing at the time, the media published multiple articles naming them as the source of the outbreak. Not only has this affected their revenue and likeness, but their operations have been interrupted with days of investigations and even a law firm filing suit. Now I'm not entirely sure what's going on behind the scenes, but recently millions of eggs have been pulled off of store shelves ironically around the same time that lab made egg products started taking off. And while you can still find these on store shelves because there's literally no supporting evidence of contamination, this story should act as a reminder to support your local farmers. Because if the press can say one thing and the company itself has negative test results and is literally consuming their own eggs in the midst of an outbreak, you have to wonder if it's about forcing blame or pushing some agenda. I'm good friends with the family over at Happy Hands, and I can genuinely say that they are some of the best people I have met out here doing everything correctly and to the best of their abilities to get good quality eggs on your store shelves. I would never recommend a contaminated product to anyone, let alone by them myself. So if you are in the area, show them some love and pick up some of their eggs. I can promise you, you won't be disappointed.
