The U.S. government is on a global egg hunt. It's seeking exports from countries in Europe and elsewhere to ease a severe shortage that has caused egg prices at grocery stores to hit record highs.

The U.S. government is on a global egg hunt, seeking exports from countries in Europe and elsewhere to ease a severe shortage that has caused egg prices at grocery stores to hit record highs.

    • slaneesh_is_rightEnglish
      114·
      3 days ago

      Crazy how people are like: “where my eggs?” And not enough people are like: “poor chickens, we need to do something.” Everyone deserves this “egg crisis” that only effects people who even eat eggs for no reason.

      • poopkins@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        2 days ago

        This really speaks volumes to how little people care about where their food comes from.

        The amount of meat, for example, that is just thrown away sickens me. As if it’s not bad enough that we farm animals in deplorable conditions, we kill them so they can be thrown straight into the trash.

        Sometimes, when I am reminded of the plague our species is upon this planet, I just can’t care about keeping homo sapiens sapiens from going extinct.

    • TFO Winder@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      Isn’t birdflu common? I have it every year in my country but does not have such a large scale disruption.

      Seem like a new variant or something