I Built Vital Farms: A $460 Million Business Selling $10 Eggs

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2023
  • A self-described "serial entrepreneur," Matt O'Hayer has started nearly 50 businesses in his life. In 2007, though, he decided to begin a network of family-run farms that produce high-quality, pasture-raised eggs. With 27 acres of land and 20 Rhode Island Red hens in Austin, TX, Matt's dream -- and a $460 million business called Vital Farms -- was born.
    Correction: The price of Vital Farms Restorative Eggs is $9.99 and Vital Vacations is a premium Yacht company. An earlier version misstated this information.
    Produced & Edited by: Raffi Paul
    Senior Managing Producer: Eric M. Clark
    Camera: Corentin Soibinet
    Reporter: Tom Huddleston Jr.
    Animator: Elham Ataeiazar
    Additional Footage: Vital Farms, Getty Images
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    I Built Vital Farms: A $460 Million Business Selling $10 Eggs

Комментарии • 726

  • @davidthang6711
    @davidthang6711 5 месяцев назад +282

    That’s my dad and my brother in law at 0:45, we own a farm under Vital in Missouri and we are so grateful to be part of such an esteemed company! Our chickens are very well taken care of and we put great effort into making sure they live a healthy and free life.

    • @Johndoe-qn9jr
      @Johndoe-qn9jr 5 месяцев назад

      I cant find out in the video what they give to feed the chickens do you know ? Thank You

    • @stacycarter7064
      @stacycarter7064 4 месяца назад +7

      Can you give me a contact number to see if I could qualify to raise birds for them in Mississippi? I owned and operated a commercial hatching egg farm for 23 years with a major poultry company. I closed my farm in 23 just tired of the hoops we were forced to jump through and extra expenses all the time. I have 2 fully equipped 500’ houses. One of them can easily be converted so the hens can go outside.

    • @forward_ever_ever2595
      @forward_ever_ever2595 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Johndoe-qn9jrmost likely reg grain...then of course they feed naturally in the field

    • @amanali1992
      @amanali1992 4 месяца назад +4

      May God bless ur dad n ur brorher in law and ya u too.

    • @rmp5s
      @rmp5s 3 месяца назад +1

      Very cool! Would love to hear about the process of getting involved with them! Know of any info sources, videos, wanna shoot me an email, etc? Thinking about leaving the city life...lol

  • @TheStrategos392
    @TheStrategos392 7 месяцев назад +788

    I buy two cartons a week. Eating healthy and paying a little more is cheaper than a hospital bill in the long run.

    • @joesmith-em2cd
      @joesmith-em2cd 7 месяцев назад +70

      You’re wasting your money, then…😂😂😂😂

    • @TheStrategos392
      @TheStrategos392 7 месяцев назад +9

      @@joesmith-em2cd 😂

    • @asadb1990
      @asadb1990 7 месяцев назад +33

      Yeah at the rate i eat my eggs at 2-3 per day, i go through a pack in a few days. They are way too expensive even though i make 110k per year

    • @pauljones9150
      @pauljones9150 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@asadb1990all depends on your location

    • @Annie-lu5rt
      @Annie-lu5rt 7 месяцев назад +36

      I stopped eating eggs because most didn't taste very good. These eggs are way different. They are the best eggs I've ever had. I now eat at least 1 egg daily. Even at the higher price they are worth it. The nutrition value is so much higher in eggs like this. And as someone who stopped eating eggs from caged chickens due to the obvious cruelty I am so grateful to be able to enjoy these eggs with a clear conscience. I'm a senior on a certain income and I believe that spending extra on healthier options (for me & the animals) is worth the extra for health & a peaceful conscience. Vital Farms are the most delicious eggs I've ever tasted.

  • @michellethaler1832
    @michellethaler1832 7 месяцев назад +108

    I love their eggs, Especially the little letter the chickens write inside the carton.

    • @squirrelattackspidy
      @squirrelattackspidy 7 месяцев назад

      That letter is a eulogy for the baby egg you just cracked open and burned or boiled to death.

    • @PorkRhyne
      @PorkRhyne 7 месяцев назад +43

      @squirrelattackspidy practically all eggs are infertile due to the hens having ZERO access to a rooster. Go back to highschool biology, kid Lol

    • @lizzieb6311
      @lizzieb6311 Месяц назад +1

      @@squirrelattackspidy That comment proves to ALL that you failed basic biology where the rest of us learned those are UNFERTILIZED eggs. Congratulations! 🍾 You win the award 🏆 for the most ignorant comment.

    • @lizzieb6311
      @lizzieb6311 Месяц назад +1

      @@PorkRhyne Highschool? I learned that in Elementary School! Apparently @squirrelattackspidy is one of those virtuous Vegans who have no problem with the combines crushing to death every ground dwelling creatures (turtles, frogs, chipmunks, foxes, etc) to till the land for the Virtuous Vegas “humane” veggies

    • @cds5067
      @cds5067 Месяц назад +1

      Michelle ignore the backlash I'm trying to go vegan myself

  • @FloMoLBow
    @FloMoLBow 7 месяцев назад +130

    I have been buying Vital Farms eggs for years. Hands down the best eggs we've ever eaten. My 13yo daughter's favorite protein is eggs, so making sure she is getting the most nutrients without antibiotics or growth hormones is really important to me. Glad to see it isn't all smoke and mirrors. I've tried other eggs that make similar claims when VF wasn't available, and the yolk color, taste and shells just can't compare.

    • @m.s.nabhiram1532
      @m.s.nabhiram1532 4 месяца назад +1

      there are compaines are altering the egg yolks by feeding them with yellow color food like corn

    • @bial12345
      @bial12345 3 месяца назад +4

      I'd put down money that you couldn't tell the difference between eggs in a blind taste test. But if overpaying for things makes you feel better, keep on consuming!

    • @movinon1242
      @movinon1242 2 месяца назад

      @bial12345 ...
      Knowing you're not downstream of glyphosate is really goal #1.
      But... Even scrambled you can tell the difference between a Vital Farms egg and some generic egg. In appearance and taste. The yolks are just so rich, its crazy.
      They have 300 different farms, so its not always the same color. The amount of sunlight a chicken gets summer vs. winter will also effect the color and flavor.
      But a summertime, free-range, pastured egg yolk is so chock full of nutrition you cannot mistake it.

    • @BradleyAdams-nj5hc
      @BradleyAdams-nj5hc 2 месяца назад

      ​@bial12345

    • @BradleyAdams-nj5hc
      @BradleyAdams-nj5hc 2 месяца назад

      ​@bial12345 you'd loose.

  • @SecretCollage
    @SecretCollage 7 месяцев назад +184

    Love it. Feature more brands like this please. We need to help them which helps us.

    • @chefgiovanni
      @chefgiovanni 2 месяца назад +1

      Why Are Eggs Getting So Expensive - Video : ruclips.net/video/2L8Pe5lNfGA/видео.htmlsi=kRyqPrpub3UwLLDL

  • @Nathan_Mash
    @Nathan_Mash 7 месяцев назад +115

    Vital Farms introduced me to the pasture-raised egg market. However, when the recent bird flu induced egg shortage happened its egg prices rose by 50%. I paid the those prices happily, however post-shortage other existing and new-entrant pasture raised egg brands that deliver the same type of solid yolk brought their prices back down while vital farms kept its prices elevated. Therefore, I now buy pastured raised eggs from other brands even though I do miss the paper newsletter contained in vital farms cartons.

    • @PAVEL--JAKL
      @PAVEL--JAKL 7 месяцев назад +8

      Yeay they cost $10 now

    • @ugotserved911
      @ugotserved911 7 месяцев назад

      Did u forget the intentional burning of livestock in the trains? Devils.

    • @lars2894
      @lars2894 6 месяцев назад +3

      Where do you live?? They go for only $4.89 here in Minnesota at Aldi grocery store.

    • @jlynnc9559
      @jlynnc9559 4 месяца назад

      KenzHenz is anew one one the market in the Houston Area.

    • @graymikep64
      @graymikep64 3 месяца назад

      It wasn't a flu!
      It was the FEED The farmers used..
      Made the shells not be able to form up to 2 years.
      If you noticed?
      You get a lot of double eggs in one..

  • @passiveincomeadventures
    @passiveincomeadventures 3 месяца назад +23

    We toured the original Vital Farms in Austin in 2007 when they first started, at the same time when we were first starting our homestead, and wanted to see a large pasture operation. It was amazing that Matt's advice on our 5-hen flock using the same backyard techniques scaled up to one of the largest retail producers in the country! As en entrepreneur myself, I was really inspired and continue to be inspired by the experience.

    • @stephanied9629
      @stephanied9629 26 дней назад +1

      What happens to the hens when they are too old to keep laying like they used to? What happens to all of the male chicks?

  • @user-op9rh8oe2h
    @user-op9rh8oe2h Месяц назад +5

    "To do the right thing is not always cheap" I am officially a supporter--even if it is more expensive.

  • @goldtree4219
    @goldtree4219 7 месяцев назад +94

    Cool initial concept but I still go to my local farmer. I can see the chickens roaming around the pastures as I drive up to the house. The eggs are cheaper, they know me by name, and I get to pet their guardian dogs. The decision by Vital Farms to go public only reinforces the shareholder grasp on their business. We all know how that will do in the long run. Cut the middle man out and just shop local, eat local. Or believe the hype and pay nearly $10/dozen to buy the investors another rental property - which you can’t afford anyway. Source: I’m an investor buying up properties thanks to VITL😂

    • @MrSmallie
      @MrSmallie 7 месяцев назад +8

      and not really sure how NOT buying feed for your chickens requires you to sell wholesale at a higher price. Vital ripoff is what it is.

    • @MichikoHoshi
      @MichikoHoshi 7 месяцев назад +9

      @@MrSmallie Because it is easier to give animal Feed than it is to let them freely graze in a range. If you give them feed, you can crowd more of the chicken / cows together, but if you don't, you can only raise as much animal as the pasture can sustain it.
      I always feel organic is a scam, and vital eggs can be seen the same. But that being said, when covid was bad and all egg price was up, Vital seem more appealing since they kind of already were at expensive price and didn't go up for me. If I was already paying close to 10 dollar for egg, I might as well get what I felt is quality.
      Also, I feel like the only time someone should care about egg quality is when you're making a soft boil egg or a dish that is solely focused on the egg. Because I am not going to taste the egg in a cookie or cake or whatever else uses egg.

    • @joshmiller2725
      @joshmiller2725 7 месяцев назад +3

      Dude exactly. Brands like viral farms are overpriced crap for suburban people with too much money. Local farms are much better quality usually, and azure standard is another option. The butter at azure standard is in another league from this vital farms crap, and $7 per pound versus $10.

    • @peech5396
      @peech5396 5 месяцев назад +4

      Not everyone lives in an area close to a farmer's market, has time to go to one, etc.

    • @Dante02000
      @Dante02000 4 месяца назад

      This guy gets it.

  • @thewebstylist
    @thewebstylist 7 месяцев назад +42

    The only eggs we buy/eat the last few years (those yolks say it all) and SO Grateful a company doing ‘the right thing’ can grow so huge (35% every years the last 8 yrs is absolutely amazing and so well deserved) Grateful every morn to vital farms

    • @Sam69nice
      @Sam69nice 25 дней назад

      You should really just buy from a local farm or somebody with backyard chickens. No processed egg will ever compete with those.

  • @tr7287
    @tr7287 7 месяцев назад +244

    My respect to this man. All animals that we consume should be treated humanely.

    • @ahvc6180
      @ahvc6180 7 месяцев назад +2

      i consume the eggs, not the chicken.

    • @Naturewithnoagenda
      @Naturewithnoagenda 6 месяцев назад

      Yes. We have chickens and are looking at launching a big sales for eggs but want the ladies treated well so we are learning how to before growing

    • @susangarland6869
      @susangarland6869 3 месяца назад +2

      @@ahvc6180 You do know that eggs come from chickens, right? If you're buying cheap factory eggs at Walmart, you're buy eggs from abused chickens. They go hand in hand.

    • @ahvc6180
      @ahvc6180 3 месяца назад

      Read about Vital Farms eggs, they have videos about their happy free range chickens out in the open. You can buy those. I think they have about 300 small farms that follow their protocols. @@susangarland6869 We have our own chickens that are pets, we eat just their eggs.

    • @ahvc6180
      @ahvc6180 3 месяца назад

      Vital Farms sells lots of eggs, 300 small farms provide their eggs, free range and treated lovingly.@@susangarland6869

  • @salpine
    @salpine 7 месяцев назад +19

    “It’s more expensive to not torture an animal.” The truth is stranger than fiction, folks.

    • @BigTrees4ever
      @BigTrees4ever 9 дней назад

      It’s really not though. That’s total cap. There are hundreds of local farms where I live who sell pasture raised eggs, regenerative style. I regularly get 5 dozen eggs that I think taste better than vital for $10, $2 a dozen. They’re farm fresh, unwashed unrefrigerated pasture regenerative heirloom colored eggs, $2 a dozen direct from the farm. $3 a dozen in the off season when the hens don’t lay as much. It’s the massive corporation in between you and the farm that makes it cost $10 a dozen. You’re getting custied hard.

  • @Pandrogas
    @Pandrogas 7 месяцев назад +26

    *Quick Note on Orange Yolks:* Farm raised eggs will have richer yolks of usually a deeper yellow, maybe a slight orange. Intense orange color is a marketing ploy, the chickens are fed things like marigold extract and turmeric to produce that color, it has nothing to do with how they are raised.

  • @vrcatlady7227
    @vrcatlady7227 7 месяцев назад +24

    I'm definitely willing to pay more so animals are NOT tortured. The cheaper the eggs, the more tortured the chickens are, confined in a small bathroom like space for 100 chickens sleeping on their poop and pee all day is really sad, and unhealthy for people to eat! :(

    • @ahimsamads
      @ahimsamads 7 месяцев назад

      Amen!

    • @squirrelnibbler19
      @squirrelnibbler19 3 месяца назад

      You are so right. Just FYI reptiles and birds don’t pee.

  • @mmmmmmmmmmm10
    @mmmmmmmmmmm10 7 месяцев назад +47

    The moral of the story is be friends with the owner of whole foods then make a product that will sell well at whole food, ie. Expensive eggs. Now go out and getem guys.

    • @EddieV111
      @EddieV111 6 месяцев назад +6

      Nah, they had a good product that aligned with what Whole Foods is trying to do. Epic meat bars was able to accomplish 10 times the success at Vital Farms without any connections whatsoever. In both cases the founders had great ideas, worked tirelessly to make it a reality, and executed when opportunity presented itself.

    • @Jenvlogs404
      @Jenvlogs404 2 месяца назад

      Yeah the Van ice cream guy too

    • @candicewiggins6094
      @candicewiggins6094 Месяц назад

      @@Jenvlogs404 so real!

  • @matthewbattie1022
    @matthewbattie1022 6 месяцев назад +17

    This is inspiring. Vital Farm eggs are the only eggs that taste like home raised eggs.

  • @perilla54
    @perilla54 7 месяцев назад +49

    Their eggs are quite good. Pity they stopped selling grass-fed butter.

    • @branflakee4257
      @branflakee4257 7 месяцев назад +7

      Thanks to 3M, The grass fed butter had PFAD and PFOS.

    • @tuckerbugeater
      @tuckerbugeater 7 месяцев назад +2

      It wasn't good anyways.

    • @user-lp5tn9so6s
      @user-lp5tn9so6s 2 месяца назад +2

      It’s almost impossible to avoid PFOS these days in america

  • @Love_To_Be_Love
    @Love_To_Be_Love 7 месяцев назад +23

    Thank you Vital for giving me fresh eggs and a good environment for the hens 🐓 🥚

  • @LightingYourLifeEnterprises
    @LightingYourLifeEnterprises 7 месяцев назад +42

    They’re the only eggs that I purchase. The taste is truly exceptional. The color of the yolks is a “ow wow moment”.

    • @user-kd4mi8xb7p
      @user-kd4mi8xb7p 7 месяцев назад +6

      You scammed yourself. Sad

    • @LightingYourLifeEnterprises
      @LightingYourLifeEnterprises 7 месяцев назад +9

      @@user-kd4mi8xb7p 😆😂🤣
      I got eggs & you got jokes😆😂🤣

    • @user-kd4mi8xb7p
      @user-kd4mi8xb7p 7 месяцев назад

      @@LightingYourLifeEnterprises I got jokes and you got scammed

    • @ashleyhammett4913
      @ashleyhammett4913 7 месяцев назад +2

      You know the color is based solely off what they are eating which if it's orange it's only corn hahaahah

    • @LightingYourLifeEnterprises
      @LightingYourLifeEnterprises 7 месяцев назад

      @@ashleyhammett4913 yay for corn, I don’t eat corn so I need to get it from somewhere.
      Also, ask yourself how were animals fed on farms when they were privately, homestead owned.
      You know back in the day……
      Okay, we’re done. I don’t do foolish and you’re definitely on that level.
      Have the day and life that you deserve.
      ✌🏾

  • @ladhkay
    @ladhkay 7 месяцев назад +81

    I once bought their eggs as a last resort since the other eggs were sold out. I was a bit skeptical cuz they were $7 for a dozen! But their eggs are rich in quality, you can tell by the color of their yolk!

    • @HollyHuntty
      @HollyHuntty 7 месяцев назад +21

      The orange color is often a sign the chickens are eating marigolds interestingly enough.
      I raised chickens at one point and learned a lot. These eggs are excellent for sure. A sturdy shell means the chickens get enough calcium, the orange yolk means they get nutrient rich foods. Definitely some happy birds!

    • @rollinghippo2940
      @rollinghippo2940 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@HollyHuntty thanks for the info

    • @tagtag123
      @tagtag123 7 месяцев назад +3

      The yolks have a much more distinct taste and the color is good but watch out many regular egg producers feed the chickens dye to get the yolks any color they want

    • @Boo-pv4hn
      @Boo-pv4hn 5 месяцев назад

      food diets can make the eggs different colours depending on what there eating this doesn’t confirm quality, but taste is a good marker. This is why I always liked duck eggs.

  • @florvargas486
    @florvargas486 7 месяцев назад +9

    I love these eggs! so glad to hear the positive impact, not just about $$$.

  • @Official-D.W.
    @Official-D.W. 7 месяцев назад +44

    Bro people at Whole Foods literally swap the eggs out so now you can’t even be certain the vital farms are even the eggs 😢

    • @ViannaWelch
      @ViannaWelch 7 месяцев назад +7

      Wtf? Seriously?

    • @Official-D.W.
      @Official-D.W. 7 месяцев назад +16

      Yes! I’m sure it happens at other stores too.. they need to seal them somehow or stamp the shells to prevent people being scammed! Hard to prevent swapping eggs out without it

    • @rishabh.malviya
      @rishabh.malviya 7 месяцев назад

      I don't trust Whole Foods. I once brought a box of organic strawberries, and forgot they were in the fridge. Pulled them out 3 weeks later and they were perfectly fine. No way an organic strawberry lasts that long without being injected full of preservatives

  • @NickSmalin
    @NickSmalin 7 месяцев назад +12

    Some people really are above and beyond in business mindset

  • @desamecyra1
    @desamecyra1 3 месяца назад +9

    I live in town. My 3 hens keep my family supplied with eggs. I raise a fair amount of their protein, (worms and grubs), and they free-range rotating sections of the garden. They're also supplemented with kitchen scraps and garden produce. I also work outside the home fulltime. Getting chickens is one of the best decisions I've ever made. Haven't bought an egg in years, even in the short, cooler, annual time period Californians refer to as winter, my Australorp lays straight through. I can 100% understand the satisfaction one could derive from managing laying poultry operations.

    • @YasuTaniina
      @YasuTaniina 3 месяца назад +1

      We get all our eggs from my mom's chickens across town. They are very much her pets and not livestock. We live in SE Idaho and my parents have them in a heated greenhouse and they produce so much even in the dead of winter that she shares them with 7 family members and she still has enough to give neighbors as gifts for helping plow their driveway and things. I've thought about getting chickens, but she produces so many eggs already and I don't find them cute like she does. They'd be livestock to me. My kids kind of want chickens all the same and are starting to get old enough to help with those types of chores

  • @MiguelAngel-ir3ck
    @MiguelAngel-ir3ck 7 месяцев назад +5

    Exceptional business plan and marketing definitely works I like their eggs even more now after watching this video

  • @jennalovecraftreeves9679
    @jennalovecraftreeves9679 7 месяцев назад +5

    Those are great eggs, thanks for them!

  • @JRspeaking
    @JRspeaking 7 месяцев назад +3

    Worth every penny!

  • @kmstins
    @kmstins 5 месяцев назад +4

    This is so nice to see! I love Vital Farms eggs! They really are the best tasting. I have three dozen in my refrigerator right now. Sometimes they're sold out at my regular store and I have to go find them at another. There's something else I like about Vital Farms. They include their mini "newspaper" (Vital Times) in each carton. The bird of the month is always so cute. 🤗🐔🥚🍳👌

  • @yung1448
    @yung1448 6 месяцев назад +36

    This is beyond amazing. Success has no shortcuts, there’re ways to attain it.

    • @yung1448
      @yung1448 6 месяцев назад +1

      Most successful people always seek the knowledge and ldeas of finance professionaIs to help them create wealth and claim to attain their success without any help

    • @yung1448
      @yung1448 6 месяцев назад

      To create wealth, proficiency is needed. I indulge in special packages with the Ideas of my finance professionaI and so far I’ve attain so much returns (amount is confidentiaI)

    • @AmeliaLiam01
      @AmeliaLiam01 6 месяцев назад

      It’s amazing to be here, this sort of idea is a rare one. I want to partake in this. can you give more detaiIs. ?

    • @evelynscarlett7983
      @evelynscarlett7983 6 месяцев назад

      I got her page immediately I researched, I read through it and seems pretty interesting, I just reached out to her

    • @gabriellat.6735
      @gabriellat.6735 6 месяцев назад

      I’m amazed by this opportunity, It has rekindled the fire to my goal

  • @Facemash88
    @Facemash88 7 месяцев назад +39

    I’ve bought their eggs since 2017. I own restaurants and I’ve included vital farms eggs as an adder at my restaurants also. I love the brand and what they stand for.

    • @asianangler
      @asianangler 7 месяцев назад +1

      i'm sure u not paying 10 bucks a dozen like the title said.....

    • @LosAngelesJedi
      @LosAngelesJedi 7 месяцев назад +4

      If the company is being lauded and appraised by cbnc. Then that means the company is greedy and overcharging for its eggs. Which is typical in America today. If it wasnt for massive profits you wouldn't be seeing them on cnbc make it.

  • @dannyfresh6697
    @dannyfresh6697 7 месяцев назад +24

    I do enjoy their eggs. They are completely different and you can literally taste it. Reminds when my grandma had a couple of chickens in her farm and we would harvest those eggs when we were little

    • @williamhandlebar9585
      @williamhandlebar9585 5 месяцев назад +2

      Regular eggs are practically gross to me now, you're right these are so much better!

    • @dv9239
      @dv9239 5 месяцев назад

      Just get your own chickens

  • @nikkireigns
    @nikkireigns 7 месяцев назад +11

    Just curious as a small farmer with a flock of mixed breeds (so different sizes, colors, patterns of eggs); I charge $5/dozen. Do y’all think that’s reasonable? Would you drive a mile out of your way for them?
    More info: they free range with my pet cows, still need layer feed in the winter (6 months a year) and get a handful of snacks every night when I lock them up. In 6.5 years I’ve lost only 3 to predators. I still have most of my original flock that are 6.5 years old. They are “retired” but still give eggs occasionally. All have old lady names.
    Edit: I also have a bachelor flock of roosters and rotate who gets to “protect” the ladies. As long as they behave they get to stay. My dream is to have the most humane farm I can within reason.

    • @AldousHuxley7
      @AldousHuxley7 6 месяцев назад +4

      Get non gmo feed preferably soy free and advertise. Could easily get $7.

  • @mannaeq2243
    @mannaeq2243 7 месяцев назад +6

    to do the right thing is not always cheap. nice👍

  • @BabyDuke18
    @BabyDuke18 7 месяцев назад +13

    This is exactly the reason why I invested in buying my own laying hens ❤
    When they don’t lay in the colder months this is the only brand I buy

    • @antondavidoff150
      @antondavidoff150 6 месяцев назад +1

      The period of months when there are no eggs layed is easily survived ... eggs can last 3-4 months by keeping them in semi dry and cold room by rotating them ocassionally.. this is especially true for non chicken eggs

  • @infini.tesimo
    @infini.tesimo 7 месяцев назад +45

    I had their eggs for the first time a couple of weeks ago. This is as close as you're going to buy real farm fresh eggs which are incredibly close to the quality and taste except this is at a commercial scale. Very expensive yes, but if you can afford to buy some and on the regular, you should switch all your eggs over to them immediately. They taste amazing and you know what you're putting in your body is of the highest quality you can put in from the grocery store outside of going to a farmer or raising chickens yourself.

    • @genxx2724
      @genxx2724 7 месяцев назад

      I agree. They’re nothing close to the eggs from the hens my stepfather raised when I was growing up, but they’re the closest you’re going to find. The white shouldn’t be runny, it should be firm, three-dimensional, and difficult to scramble. The shells should be difficult to crack. But you’d have to raise your own hens.p to get that.

    • @SuWoopSparrow
      @SuWoopSparrow 7 месяцев назад +3

      Commercial American eggs are fking disgusting. Vital eggs are barely a step above and at 10$ for 12 its pretty bonkers. Yolk is still yellow and taste is only marginally better. If they are really pasture raised, then I dont know what is wrong with American land that they produce such mediocre eggs even under supposedly ideal living conditions for hens.

    • @genxx2724
      @genxx2724 7 месяцев назад

      @@SuWoopSparrow They can’t possibly be raised on the ground, eating greens.

    • @Jenvlogs404
      @Jenvlogs404 2 месяца назад

      There’s a lot of pasture raised brands, got some half that price

  • @galactick9dogtraining420
    @galactick9dogtraining420 3 месяца назад +1

    The way they market restorative agriculture in a way that is accessible to the consumer is so impressive- a great way to educate passively as well

  • @BizBob2
    @BizBob2 2 месяца назад +1

    Great video for small farms as well. Thank you for the tips.

  • @jimisaaca94
    @jimisaaca94 7 месяцев назад +3

    Woow, this is amazing. I wish i had enough capital to expand my poultry farm. I just love Farming and contributing to the food chain.

  • @setsailatnoon
    @setsailatnoon 7 месяцев назад +8

    Their eggs are similar to the pastured eggs I raised, and the eggs I get when I stay in villages in Mexico.

  • @dineshadhikari3041
    @dineshadhikari3041 5 месяцев назад +2

    Respect sir... As a business owner it's huge inspiration to us. Wish you best.

  • @calidreams5379
    @calidreams5379 7 месяцев назад +26

    Good eggs have hard thick shell and orange yolk. You can tell that some eggs have thin fragile shells and very light yellow yolk that seems to indicate unhealthy and malnourished chickens laying eggs. Malnourished not in the sense they are starved but the quality of their feed as well as overall health of the chickens.

    • @asadb1990
      @asadb1990 7 месяцев назад +4

      Actually the thin shells are common in summer when the chicken lack some minerals. It is said if you feed the chicken soda water, their shell will become thicker the eggs

    • @genxx2724
      @genxx2724 7 месяцев назад

      We fed our hens feed, oyster shell, and all the produce scraps from the kitchen. Peelings, carrot tops, table scraps, everything. That’s what it takes for a chicken ti be healthy and produce the eggs you describe.

    • @santostv.
      @santostv. 7 месяцев назад

      They lack calcium if that happens, you need to buy calcium or give them egg shells

    • @genxx2724
      @genxx2724 7 месяцев назад

      @@santostv. Not calcium. Foods that contain calcium. Like greeens.

    • @santostv.
      @santostv. 7 месяцев назад

      @@genxx2724 I said calcium because I don’t know the name of the mixture in English they sell in my country , off course food rich in calcium works aswell

  • @azeezoyewale3782
    @azeezoyewale3782 6 месяцев назад

    Read about this earlier & seeing this now is gratifying. Congratulations to them

  • @NathanHarrison7
    @NathanHarrison7 7 месяцев назад +61

    I was super impressed with this business model until I heard that they went public. Hopefully they don’t lose control. But of course the ones writing the checks usually win.

    • @teresitaperegrina3741
      @teresitaperegrina3741 7 месяцев назад +22

      Used to work for Whole Foods before and after the Amazon buyout, was a similar fear that did come true. The company standards were incredible, really felt like working with a company who cared about each employee. Turned into a hellhole just about instantly after amazon.

    • @double_joseph327
      @double_joseph327 7 месяцев назад

      @@teresitaperegrina3741sounds about right

    • @LosAngelesJedi
      @LosAngelesJedi 7 месяцев назад +5

      If the company is being lauded and appraised by cbnc. Then that means the company is greedy and overcharging for its eggs. Which is typical in America today. If it wasnt for massive profits you wouldn't be seeing them on cnbc make it.

    • @alexandriak2206
      @alexandriak2206 6 месяцев назад +2

      Oh I didn't know they went public... sigh

    • @tayk-47usa41
      @tayk-47usa41 6 месяцев назад

      @@alexandriak2206 Isnt necessarily bad, if they own 100% of the A stocks and the public owns 100% of the B stocks they dont really have a say in how the business in run anyway

  • @gloriousgearhead5367
    @gloriousgearhead5367 7 месяцев назад +5

    These eggs are DELICIOUS! Totally worth the price.

  • @oppevery
    @oppevery 6 месяцев назад +2

    Inspiring story. The message being WE CAN ALL DO THIS!!!
    We all have some skill or talent and we all have a particular area of the world or injustice we want to better.
    Start a business, use it to better your heart mission!

  • @ItsJager
    @ItsJager 7 месяцев назад +4

    I know John Mackey; ❤ love seeing how his mentorship helped with the eggs 🥚 I purchase, and enjoyed seeing how O’Hayer built his business.

  • @joshuayoung8286
    @joshuayoung8286 7 месяцев назад +10

    This is a great video and a good story. That said, it is hilarious to me that the founder says he “grew in Whole Foods, not through relationships…” while also being good friends with the CEO of Whole Foods. I’ve worked in the organic food industry and getting onto the selves of retailers like Whole Foods is no easy task. I am sure knowing the CEO would be helpful though. 5:55

  • @gratefulforabundance9043
    @gratefulforabundance9043 28 дней назад

    Thank you for making the decision to do the right thing, not just the easy thing. I always buy Vital Pasture Raised ❤

  • @PRESTIGEFARM
    @PRESTIGEFARM 25 дней назад

    I genuinely feel like thanking the person that made this video. We are on track in building something similar in Nigeria and this just prove to me that we are on the right track.

  • @animoore5122
    @animoore5122 7 месяцев назад +1

    This is what we buy! ❤

  • @johndeaux8815
    @johndeaux8815 3 месяца назад

    My grandparents have been farming to sustain themselves for years, and it's awesome to see someone producing eggs at scale while still treating the chooks about as well as my grandparents do with their small flock. The eggs from a happy chicken are night and day in difference from factory farned chooks. The thicker shells, darker, richer yolks, and the absolute size of some of those eggs is worth the money (IMO)

  • @lowlightRN
    @lowlightRN 7 месяцев назад +2

    To do the right thing is not always cheap.. true.

  • @480brad
    @480brad 7 месяцев назад +1

    Love his products!

  • @tristanhurley9029
    @tristanhurley9029 7 месяцев назад +1

    I love to see VF having such success!

  • @Thinktanq2000
    @Thinktanq2000 7 месяцев назад +2

    The best tasting eggs I’ve ever had. Kudos guys, customer for life here

  • @sheepsforjesus
    @sheepsforjesus 7 месяцев назад +1

    Live off of these for my family and I.. love them truly

  • @grantgoldberg1663
    @grantgoldberg1663 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for the wonderful eggs! I've bought many cartons of your Pasture Raised eggs over the years!

  • @OHANA-Beach-Suites-CDO
    @OHANA-Beach-Suites-CDO 7 месяцев назад +1

    Love it! LETS GO ENTREPRENEURS!🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @davidcantor293
    @davidcantor293 7 месяцев назад +4

    We only shop vital farms. We also typically only get pasture raised animals.

  • @rodfoulds8352
    @rodfoulds8352 6 месяцев назад +1

    Very true, the toughest things are usually the right things in life. 100% true in my experience.😊

  • @carolynnmathisen8754
    @carolynnmathisen8754 7 месяцев назад +7

    This is the brand I love. Yolks are neon yellow and taste like the eggs my girls gave me when I had my mini horse farm. Besides not having an insect problem they cleaned up what the horses dropped.

  • @mwjeepster
    @mwjeepster 7 месяцев назад +2

    We used to eat Happy Eggs, but I can't find them anymore. Now we eat Vitals - I think the organic version is excellent.

  • @pandecocojam
    @pandecocojam 7 месяцев назад

    What an inspiring, low key businessman. 👏

  • @izy0321
    @izy0321 4 месяца назад

    This is definitely my go to grocery store brand! Super interesting to hear about the business side of things.

  • @lrlane619
    @lrlane619 5 месяцев назад +1

    This is our go-to brand. I was very surprised to see blue eggs on the shelf at King Soopers. Of course we bought them too.😊

  • @aldralee
    @aldralee 7 месяцев назад +61

    I'd love to see an investigative report on how much their farmers actually make. Most farmers in the chicken business are exploited. So curious as to know how they compensate folks.

    • @TheRusschannel
      @TheRusschannel 7 месяцев назад +6

      they get about 80 cents per dozen :/

    • @aldralee
      @aldralee 7 месяцев назад +6

      @@TheRusschannel uhhhhhhhh...yikes. All the more reinforcement for farmers markets! If that paltry amount is better than standard egg production? Oof. Painful.

    • @anttttmannnn
      @anttttmannnn 7 месяцев назад +7

      @@TheRusschannel Where did you get that number from

    • @olaoluwapopoola4222
      @olaoluwapopoola4222 7 месяцев назад +3

      So, how is it conscious capitalism when the company is making $460mil a year and it's so expensive for the average American to afford the eggs?!

    • @jacobkummer2067
      @jacobkummer2067 7 месяцев назад

      @@olaoluwapopoola4222 460 mil is revenue, not profit. Profit was around 33 mil which is likely mostly getting put back into the businesses for growth.

  • @MEN101
    @MEN101 6 месяцев назад +1

    Bravo to this farmer.

  • @charlieking-williams9725
    @charlieking-williams9725 7 месяцев назад

    Good Morning.. Firstly Congratulations on your wonderful Success... Love your attitude, your outlook and concept towards your business... Brilliant..
    If I may..? Are your birds getting supplements such as layers mash daily..? And if so how many grams per bird daily..
    Secondly, out of interest. What is your average lay rate across the board per annum on your various flocks..?
    Best Regards Charlie Zimbabwe 🇿🇼..

  • @justbeachy4666
    @justbeachy4666 6 месяцев назад +1

    I purchased Vital Farms once, and that's all it took. The eggs are delicious. I go through 3 cartons a month. There no comparison in the grocery store.

  • @sunangel-angelika
    @sunangel-angelika 7 месяцев назад +8

    Vital Farms are the only store eggs I will buy. Ironically, since I live in the country, I am often gifted eggs from my neighbors and they are often inferior to Vital Farms' eggs. If you use commercial feed and coop up your birds, even if you "live in the country" you will get a commercial-grade result. Going public has destroyed so many companies I hope that Vital Farms can hold the line against profiteering and keep doing what it does best.

  • @NDLMarion
    @NDLMarion 3 месяца назад

    These eggs are true to the way their chickens are treated! Happy chicks, make better eggs and taking care of farmers, having ethical practices comes at a cost ! WORTH IT. Thank you Vital Farms for allowing us access to healthy eggs!

  • @franciscoromero9176
    @franciscoromero9176 6 месяцев назад +3

    Crazy how in say Mexico, these are the eggs they sell everywhere. We rely too much on supermarkets

  • @hanisolaqa
    @hanisolaqa 5 месяцев назад

    I ate Pasture raised all my life because we had chicken at home but after coming to the city I always looked for something homie and this guy did it for mr so many thanks Matt

  • @scienceoffinance1778
    @scienceoffinance1778 5 месяцев назад +1

    Stake Holders vs Share Holders, The reason Share Holders MUST be the priority is because they are the Owners and they are the last to get paid with no protection, Legal contracts exist for all other parties. Banking contracts, employment contracts, Business contracts, and taxes from state local and federal levels. A CEO with many master is free to act in the interests of none while shifting blame, While a CEO with only 1 master acts in that one interest.

  • @italiandream3283
    @italiandream3283 2 месяца назад

    I LOVE their eggs!!! Great to hear their story 😄

  • @luther7541
    @luther7541 4 месяца назад

    I like the business model of onboarding local farms.

  • @5422074
    @5422074 3 месяца назад

    This is pretty impressive!!!

  • @cherylelinsmith743
    @cherylelinsmith743 26 дней назад

    Love Vital Farms Organic Paster Raised eggs.

  • @PinkieJoJo
    @PinkieJoJo 6 месяцев назад

    When I used to buy eggs I used to buy vital farms. However I rarely have to anymore since I have my own small flock of about 10 hens. They give us way more than we need in the summer and I sell the excess for a couple bucks a dozen as well as giving some away. Then once we start going tying autumn we save them to use all winter.

  • @lars2894
    @lars2894 6 месяцев назад +4

    I didn't even know there were multiple "pasture raised" chicken egg brands. Vital Farms is the only brand available in my entire city, and the ONLY eggs I buy.
    Now if they are also willing to go into organic duck and other humanely raised bird eggs, that would be amazing!

  • @livingbeings
    @livingbeings 7 месяцев назад +3

    I first tried these 7 years ago and never went back to conventional eggs

  • @robertedwards9055
    @robertedwards9055 6 месяцев назад +1

    Literally the only eggs I buy.

  • @williamhandlebar9585
    @williamhandlebar9585 5 месяцев назад +2

    They are not even that expensive most of the time, when I buy them it's just a dollar or two more than other brands.

  • @sallyruss4574
    @sallyruss4574 4 месяца назад

    Love these eggs and this brand. Will spend exgtra on eggs as I consume a lot of them! So glad we have this option now for eggs as in the past all we had was commercial brand sold at Walmart.

  • @LMcBee
    @LMcBee 7 месяцев назад +3

    The humble chicken lays golden eggs!

  • @NatureBoy736
    @NatureBoy736 7 месяцев назад +2

    Man I’m glad I raise chickens for eggs. I use to buy high quality eggs for my family but that got really expensive cuz of our budget. Chickens also love eating leftovers.

  • @LivE-cs6cd
    @LivE-cs6cd 3 месяца назад

    ❤❤❤❤ Vital Farms!

  • @daniels7862
    @daniels7862 3 месяца назад

    Once I tried pasture raised I’m never going back. Darker yolks, but the taste is truly superior. I did a blind taste test with my family and everyone preferred pasture raised. I get a much better deal at sams club and they seem to be on par with vital farms

  • @ryebread921
    @ryebread921 5 месяцев назад +1

    Costco has organic, pasture raised eggs that are significantly cheaper - just bought 24 for $9.

  • @Mossad901
    @Mossad901 7 месяцев назад +1

    Best eggs, period

  • @stephoso
    @stephoso 7 месяцев назад +1

    These are the best eggs I’ve ever had, we splurge on some when we want to get back to healthy eating lol because they’re so delicious, the eggs taste very decadent.

  • @RafaelGrigorian
    @RafaelGrigorian 4 месяца назад

    It's been couple of years I only buy Vital Farms eggs, and no I absolutely don't mind paying $10 for a carton (It's $8 at Whole Foods here in LA). Never looked back, thanks for what you do.

  • @MinusMedley
    @MinusMedley 3 месяца назад

    Had a farm couple years ago, had to sell it mid-covid. Hope I can get back there in a couple years, egg farming is definitely on my list.

  • @JenMarco
    @JenMarco 7 месяцев назад

    These are the best eggs! I buy 2 of the organic pasture raised in the brown carton.

  • @ismailmeulaboh
    @ismailmeulaboh 7 месяцев назад +1

    Good job,

  • @evotion_gaming4468
    @evotion_gaming4468 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for protecting the chicken 😮

  • @jcEstrada
    @jcEstrada 7 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful business and product, those are the only eggs I eat. On the other hand I wonder why they have lost 70% of its stock value since the company when public 😢

  • @igrowsalons
    @igrowsalons 7 месяцев назад

    Proudly by 36 of these every week. Just tried the true blues this week as well

  • @ahimsamads
    @ahimsamads 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome video

  • @kevin3434343434
    @kevin3434343434 7 месяцев назад +6

    Eggs were criminally underpriced. We just got accustomed to it so its no surprise once an alternative that actually reflected the real cost of eggs entered the market, it was a success!

    • @ajs4287
      @ajs4287 6 месяцев назад

      Yep. Milk & Meat too