The farmer produces around six-and-a-half million eggs a year for Koch Foods. The company and others have been under fire after growers began to come forward, shedding light on the dark side of the business.
Jonathan Buttram’s father and grandfather raised chickens, so it was no surprise that the Albertville native became a chicken farmer himself. But over the decades, things changed rapidly, making the life of a farmer nearly impossible.
Country roads lead many Alabamians home from work each day. The roads we travel become engrained in our memories and we can see them clearly even when we’re miles away. Some of those roads are made of red dirt and sparkling mica. At the end is a small farmhouse and large rows of chicken houses. But for many, that’s where the road ends.