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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2002-06-25T05:22:45'
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title: I'm an egg seller
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Like with many other agriculture products, the state of Georgia is very strict on who can sell eggs. If people come to your farm, it doesn't matter, but the moment you bring an egg off your farm to sell to someone else, the state steps in. It used to be that folks with only a few chickens who sold less than 30 dozen eggs a week could escape regulation, but the large producers successfully sued the state into changing that law. Well, actually, they threatened a lawsuit and pressured the legislature into closing the hole for the little guy. So, to be able to sell eggs at the market, I had to get liscensed by the Ag department. Today the regional guy-in-charge came by and gave me a two hour class and a written and practical test. I passed, so now I'm liscensed. However, I'm still supposed to buy some special equipment, and I'm not supposed to sell just "eggs". They have to be graded and sized, just like the eggs from the store. We'll see how well that goes...