from 21st Century Wire:

The disturbing trend of food production facilities being hit with random accidents’ continues to disrupt food supplies and force price spikes.

It happened again his week: America’s third-biggest egg farm in US suddenly caught fire, prompting 21 fire departments to respond to the huge blaze, which ended up killing no less than 100,000 chickens and will no doubt drive the cost of eggs up even further than the current extortionate levels paid by ordinary consumers.