Cage-free, enriched egg production has nearly doubled as consumer appetites change
When Scott Janzen reached 13 years of age, he told his father he would no longer help out on their family egg farm in Abbotsford, and he found a part-time job in town instead.
More than 80 per cent of the 155 egg farms in B.C. are in Abbotsford and Chilliwack, collectively producing hundreds of millions of eggs each year, according to the BC Egg Marketing Board. “Eggs are still the most affordable protein in the grocery store. Also, with different cultural groups coming to B.C., they have different ways of eating eggs — people might like eggs for dinner more often than they would eat it for breakfast,” she said.
Janzen’s farm has expanded alongside growing demand. He said the farm’s number of chickens has almost doubled since he took over the farm in 2007 and that he now has around 30,000 chickens on his farm in Abbotsford and a second farm in Langley. Together, both farms produce tens of thousands of eggs every day.
“We have a system called an aviary system, which allows the chickens to jump and to fly, we train them to do that. We’re able to have more birds and a smaller square footage because we have multiple levels,” said Janzen. “Farmers have been dealing with avian influenza for about two years now. It’s a huge challenge, especially when egg production is so concentrated in the Fraser Valley, and that means avian influenza can maybe spread faster than the farms that are more spread out,” said Brittain.
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