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[Music] Hi, it's Nigel Clark, your road map reporter here. Now, in the UK, we eat a lot of eggs. Scrambled eggs, fried eggs, eggs on toast. Some people eat eggs every day.
Explore the Barton family egg farm in East Sussex, producing 16,000 eggs daily for supermarkets and local customers.
Key Takeaways
- The Barton family produces a large volume of eggs daily for supermarkets and local buyers.
- Free-range hens have access to outdoor fields and woods, promoting animal welfare.
- The family operates a unique self-service egg shack for local community sales.
- Egg production and collection involve coordinated family effort.
- Consumers can learn about the farm-to-table process of egg production.
Summary
- Nigel Clark visits Grassington Farm in East Sussex to explore how eggs reach UK kitchens.
- He meets the Barton family who run an egg farm producing about 16,000 eggs daily.
- The family consists of Joe, her husband Rich, and their daughters Finty and Flo.
- Hens sleep in the chicken shed at night and roam freely on the farm during the day.
- Flo collects around 5,000 eggs daily from the egg collection area.
- Eggs are supplied to supermarkets and sold locally through a self-service egg shack.
- The egg shack operates on an honesty system where neighbors buy eggs and leave money.
- Egg trays are sold for eight pounds each at the egg shack.
- The video highlights the hard work of the family and the welfare of the hens.
- Nigel concludes the visit appreciating the family business and the quality of their eggs.
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Speaker A
But how do the eggs get from the farm to our kitchen? I'm at Grassington Farm in East Sussex to find out.
Speaker A
I'm here to meet the Barton family to learn more about their business and hopefully try their eggs.
Speaker A
Hi, I'm Nigel. Hi, Nigel. I'm Joe. Welcome to our farm. Thank you. I'm very excited.
Speaker A
Good. Come on, let's go and see some hens. So Joe, what do you do here?
Speaker A
This is an egg farm and we produce eggs for the big supermarkets. And how many eggs do you produce every day?
Speaker A
We produce about 16,000 eggs a day. 16,000. That's a lot of eggs. Well, people love them.
Speaker A
I bet they do. And how many people in your family work here? There are four of us in total. Me, my husband Rich, and our daughters Finty and Flo.
Speaker A
So, hold on. Where are the hens? They're in the chicken shed. They sleep in there at night, and then they run around the farm in the day.
Speaker A
Can we go and look? Let's go. Nigel, this is my husband, Rich. Hi, Rich.
Speaker A
Hi, Nigel. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. So, is it time to let the hens out? It's 9:00. That's when the doors open. Should we have a look?
Speaker A
Let's go. [Music] They look so happy. They are. They've got the field to run around in and the woods.
Speaker A
So, Joe, what's next? Next, we'll go and collect the eggs. Follow me. [Music] Hi Flo.
Speaker A
Hi Nigel. This is my daughter Flo. Hi Flo. What is this thing? This is where we get the eggs. They come out of here and then I put them into these trays.
Speaker A
And it's your job to collect them. Exactly. And how many eggs do you collect in a day? I collect about 5,000.
Speaker A
That's a lot of eggs. Do you want to try? Definitely. Pop those gloves on.
Speaker A
[Music] So, what happens to the eggs now? They go to the supermarkets, but we also put some in our eggshack.
Speaker A
Your egg shack? Let's go and find Finty. She can show you. Nigel, this is my other daughter, Finty.
Speaker A
Hi Nigel. Hi, Finty. Finty, could you take Nigel down to the eggshack for me?
Speaker A
Sure, follow me. Okay. See you later. Bye. So, Nigel, this is it. This is the eggshack.
Speaker A
So, is this a shop? Yeah, kind of. Come in. So, we put the eggs there. People come when they want. Take some eggs and put the money in here.
Speaker A
That's a really nice idea. So, how much are the eggs? Eight pounds for a tray.
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And who buys them? People that live near the farm. Friends, neighbors. It's really popular.
Speaker A
I bet it is. [Music] Well, what a great family. They work really hard to produce the eggs that we love, and it's great to see so many happy hens. Anyway, I'm off for lunch.
Speaker A
So, for now, this is Nigel Clark, your road map reporter, signing off. [Music]
Topics:egg farmfamily businessfree-range hensGrassington FarmEast Sussexegg productionlocal foodfarm to tableself-service shopUK eggs
