Beyond Cage-Free, Part 3: The Infectious Disease Trap Across the street from Central Valley Eggs is a massive dairy that tested positive for avian influenza weeks before the egg facility reported its own outbreak. The 2.2 million hens inside Central Valley Eggs were then killed using carbon dioxide gas and cervical dislocation. The company received more than $10 million in taxpayer-funded indemnity payments. Other egg facilities have used even more cruel methods. At Hickman’s, birds were kill