An estimated 100,000 hens died in a Jan. 28 fire at Hillandale Farms in Bozrah, Connecticut. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the blaze. But some social media users have reached their own conclusions.
"Our government is actively destroying our own food supply so that they can force us into eating their fake GMO meats, or starve us into compliance," reads one Instagram post sharing news about the fire.
"This is all part of their ‘climate agenda,’" the post’s caption says. "It’s public knowledge what their goal is, and these are the underhanded criminal ways they go about it."
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Hillandale is one of the country’s largest egg producers, but Connecticut Department of Agriculture officials said the fire’s effect on egg prices is expected to be "minimal to none," The Associated Press reported.
Hillandale didn’t respond to PolitiFact’s questions about the fire. In a Jan. 30 statement, Hillandale said its team "continues to work closely with the local fire departments and state officials to thoroughly investigate the fire."
"Although it remains under investigation, we are currently working with local and state authorities to determine the cause," the statement read.
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