Hundreds of people lined up at three New York City sites on Friday morning. Some people arrive more than an hour earlier and get the chance to get one of the hottest items in the country:Dozens of free eggs.
They stood outside the restaurant in Harlem, and people were bundled up in the windy cold and patiently waited to be handed the cartons. Within ten minutes, the 100 cartons were gone, leaving me with lots of empty handedness.
“I heard from the news that they would give them 1,500 eggs and so on. “They say they’ve lost eggs, but it wasn’t over 20, so I don’t know what happened.”
Egg pricesThe US will compete, so it hits record highs last monthAvian flu outbreaksince 2022, poultry farms have been forced to massacre more than 168 million birds.
You may be attacked or missed when you try to find an egg on the shelves of a grocery store in New York City. When they are in stock, they can be expensive.
Friday’s present was organized by Furman Joan of the 128-acre (52 hectares) Pennsylvania Farm, focusing on providing organic food to underserved communities. Furman Joan held other egg prizes in Brooklyn and Queens on Friday. The group also handed out free cartons in New York last month.
“We believe it is our responsibility as food producers to support the community that supports us,” the group said in writing. They partnered with local butchers and New York Farms in upstate New York to host their Friday event.
“Food is a medicine and everyone – especially the middle class, which is often forgotten – deserves access to it,” Furman said.
Other organizations, including the Church, have recently held egg giveaways elsewhere around the country, including New York and Las Vegas, Chicago, Philadelphia and Richland County, South Carolina.
The USDA expects egg pricesIncreases by 41%This year, the average last year is $3.17 per dozen. New York City egg cartons often run that amount twice or triple depending on the store.
Marion Johnson, who waited more than two hours for a Harlem prize but didn’t get a free carton, said he couldn’t afford the eggs.
“They are very expensive,” she said. “This isn’t fair… They know that everyone gets online like this.”
This story was originally featured on Fortune.com.
