Patriarch of Canada's largest family-owned egg farm dies at 94
Joe Hudson was just a boy when he was tasked with raising chicks for an agriculture class in Brockville, Ont., in 1943. That project sparked his family to switch from dairy to egg farming, and today Burnbrae Farms is the longest family-owned egg farm in Canada.
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![Joe Hudson poses with some of his hens' eggs outside Burnbrae Farms in Lyn, Ont. Hudson, who took the farm from an eastern Ontario business to one with nationwide scope, died on March 14, 2024, at the age of 94. A man sits on a chair holding a tray of eggs in front of a sign advertising his farm.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7157771.1711576419!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/joe-hudson-burnbrae-farms.jpg)
Joe Hudson was just a boy when he was tasked with raising chicks for an agriculture class in Brockville, Ont., in 1943. That project sparked his family to switch from dairy to egg farming, and today Burnbrae Farms is the longest family-owned egg farm in Canada.