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Hickman's Family Farms has provided fresh eggs since 1944. From of a flock of less than 500 in Grandma Hickman's back yard to our current flock of laying hens in environmentally friendly, automated houses - we've gotten bigger and better over the years. Regardless of change and progress, we remain committed to the Hickman basic business formula: good service and excellent quality at a fair price. In its early days, Hickman's entered the Arizona food service market by providing fresh, locally produced eggs direct to small independent restaurants, and directly to consumers. Every afternoon, one little refrigerated panel truck was sufficient to deliver the day's production to coffee shops in Glendale and to Carnation Restaurant in the big city of Phoenix. Bill and Gertie Hickman displayed the entrepreneurial insight that has kept Hickman's competitive for decades. By 1993, Hickman's was left standing as the only Arizona egg producer with chickens and a USDA-inspected processing plant. Despite the challenges of the egg industry, the Glendale operation continued to expand. In the late 1990s a new operation opened in Buckeye with laying houses that are each called home by 130,000 hens. Hickman's Family Farms utilize stringent methods of conservation and recycling to remain as environmentally-friendly ("green") as possible. Wash water is recycled and reused, and manure is dried, ground, and turned into high quality fertilizer. By the time we are through at even our largest facilities, we actually discard into dumpsters less waste than the average apartment building does in a day.