Egg prices soar in the U.S. but not in B.C. Here’s why [Video]

Rising egg costs have been a hot-button topic in the United States, but a farming organization in British Columbia says that while prices in the province have risen, eggs remain “one of the least expensive proteins in the grocery store.” 

Amanda Brittain of B.C. Egg, which oversees egg farming in the province, says price increases have been much smaller than those in the U.S. due to Canada’s supply management system.

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“That means we produce just enough eggs to feed the people of Canada,” she said. “Here in B.C., most of the eggs are farmed right in B.C., so we don’t have large excesses of eggs.”

Brittain added that B.C. does not export any whole-shell eggs.

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