Farm subsidies not only devalue food, they make marketing a nightmare for small poultry/egg farmers (and by small, I mean anyone who isn't in the top 10% of producers). When the vast majority of people are deluded enough to believe that a chicken can be hatched, grown out, processed, shipped and marketed for 99 cents a lb. and still turn a profit...it makes it really hard to sell chicken and eggs for what they are ACTUALLY worth.

For the money I've put into my dang laying hens I could have bought enough grocery store eggs to last me the rest of my life...but who could eat that garbage after having real eggs??