Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's good to be back on the committee and to see all my buddies here.
Ms. Thurston, I was watching your thing on the chickens, and you almost had me convinced for a while that this is the way to go. And it might be the way to go, but....
When people buy free-range eggs, they have this vision that the chickens are out running in the fields or whatever. But the reality, as your clip shows, is that the chickens are in a controlled environment building. They're on a floor and they're quite tight, although they might have a little more square footage than the caged bird.
I thought it was a pretty good presentation you had there. Do you ever talk to the egg producers about consumer trends, about trying one of these types of systems in one of their barns? Or is there a disconnect between your group and their group?