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Kenny Torella, MeatBeat, Vox.com. Factory farms are in the spotlight because of expensive eggs and bird flu. And you've been reporting on them. Where do we begin? So let's start in Malcolm, Iowa.

Okay, so that's like roughly what, off the top of my head, like 28,000 chickens per person?

Okay, so that's like roughly what, off the top of my head, like 28,000 chickens per person?

Okay, so that's like roughly what, off the top of my head, like 28,000 chickens per person?

I'm Asian.

I'm Asian.

I'm Asian.

This isn't like a happy story where like a trillion pounds of manure gets turned into a trillion pounds of fertilizer and recycles and closes the loop and all that.

This isn't like a happy story where like a trillion pounds of manure gets turned into a trillion pounds of fertilizer and recycles and closes the loop and all that.

This isn't like a happy story where like a trillion pounds of manure gets turned into a trillion pounds of fertilizer and recycles and closes the loop and all that.

Okay, that sounds worse than awful, Kenny. Why would you want to live here in Malcolm, Iowa, next to the manure?

Okay, that sounds worse than awful, Kenny. Why would you want to live here in Malcolm, Iowa, next to the manure?

Okay, that sounds worse than awful, Kenny. Why would you want to live here in Malcolm, Iowa, next to the manure?

What has she said? How's that gone?

What has she said? How's that gone?

What has she said? How's that gone?

So Malcolm cares more about this farm and the revenue it brings in than it does the people who might bounce.

So Malcolm cares more about this farm and the revenue it brings in than it does the people who might bounce.

So Malcolm cares more about this farm and the revenue it brings in than it does the people who might bounce.

Okay, so not only are we killing millions and millions of chickens and not even eating them because of bird flu, and not only are eggs more expensive across the entire country, but just living near these farms is a shit show. President Trump says he wants to do something about the price of eggs. He's got Elon Musk at his side. I don't know what his diet is, but he's also got RFK at his other side.