Hatching Success: Ak-Chin Indian Community's Industrial Park Home to Only Egg Producer in Arizona

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Finally, an answer to that age-old question: “Why did the chicken cross the road?” To get to the Ak-Chin Indian Community’s Industrial Park–the site of Hickman’s Family Farms with enough hens to generate 4.3 million eggs per day. In 2002, the egg producer built a ranch at the Ak-Chin Industrial Park, leasing nearly a third of the park’s 110 acres...

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Allen, Lee. "Hatching Success: Ak-Chin Indian Community’s Industrial Park Home to Only Egg Producer in Arizona." Indian Country Today, October 17, 2012. Article. (https://ictnews.org/archive/hatching-success-ak-chin-indian-communitys-industrial-park-home-to-only-egg-producer-in-arizona, accessed May 31, 2023)

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