Hundreds of New York residents spent hours waiting for a queue for free eggs. All 100 cartons disappeared in less than 10 minutes
Hundreds of people lined up on Friday morning in three locations in New York City, where some of them reached more than an early hour, to allow the opportunityTen eggs empty.
People were assembled against the rural cold, where they stood outside the Harlem Restaurant, and they are waiting for the patience of handing over a carton. After less than 10 minutes, 100 cartons disappeared, leaving many free of charge.
“I heard from the news that they would give, like 1500 eggs, or something like that. Well? I just came because I needed some eggs, then I was waiting here in the line, and I do not see anything,” said Jacqueline Tigava, who was in a line around the bloc. “They say that the eggs were gone, but there were no more than 20 people, so I don’t know what happened.”
Egg pricesHe achieved a record last month, as the United States was with aFlu has spread birdsWhich forced poultry farms to slaughter more than 168 million birds since 2022.
Try to find eggs on grocery store shelves in New York City can arrive or miss. When you are in stocks, it can be the price.
The gift was organized on Friday by Farmerjawn, Pennsylvania farm, which has an area of 128 acres (52 hectares), which focuses on providing organic foods for disadvantaged societies. Farmerjawn held other eggs on Friday in Brooklyn and Koins. The group also handed over a free carton in New York last month.
“We are doing this white gift because, as food producers, we believe that it is our responsibility to support the societies that support us,” the group said in a written statement. It has been partnership with a local and farm atom in New York State to organize events on Friday.
“Food is medicine, and everyone – especially the middle layer often – is worth reaching it,” said Farmerjawn.
Other organizations, including churches, have recently held white gifts in New York and other places across the country, including Las Vegas, Chicago, Philadelphia and Rachelland Province, South Carolina.
The US Department of Agriculture expects egg pricesFor 41 %This year more than average last year of $ 3.17 per scales. Egg carton can often work in New York City twice or three times, depending on the store.
Marion Johnson, who waited more than two hours in the gift of Harlem but did not get a free carton, said she could not afford the costs of eggs.
She said, “It is very expensive.” “This is not fair … they know everyone will become like this.”
This story was originally shown on Fortune.com
