The Daily Populous Sunday February 16th, 2025 night edition
Authored by cbsnews.com and submitted by No-Information6622

Some good eggs in the Golden State are helping out neighbors in a time of need.

Amid soaring prices and widespread shortages, a California farm is donating hundreds of thousands of fresh eggs to people affected by last month's devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles Area.

The 100-year-old family-owned Rosemary Farm in Santa Maria said it's working with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and the nonprofit Gather For Good to get some 270,000 eggs to residents who lost homes in the Eaton and Palisades fires.

In addition, nearly 55,000 eggs will go to firefighters and other first responders, according to a statement from the farm.

Other eggs will be used by the LA bakery Winter Fate Bakes to make birthday cakes for displaced children.

Egg prices reached a record high in the U.S. last month, mostly as a result of a nationwide bird flu outbreak. When the virus is found on a farm, the entire flock is killed to limit its spread.

Egg farmers also face higher costs for feed, fuel and labor because of inflation. They are also investing more in biosecurity measures to try to protect their birds.

Some grocers have imposed limits on how many eggs customers can buy at a time.

carnoworky on February 15th, 2025 at 17:21 UTC »

Man, that's like a billion dollars at this point!

Largofarburn on February 15th, 2025 at 17:14 UTC »

Weren’t there 250,000 stolen in Pennsylvania last week?

Tricky-Platform-9173 on February 15th, 2025 at 16:30 UTC »

A nice egg in these trying times