Salt Lake City / Utah / United States
Company History In March 1915, Mr. and Mrs. James Fassio left a Wyoming bakery business to move to the Salt Lake Valley farming community of Hunter, Utah. Mr. Fassio purchased 45 acres of land and began a new career in farming. During the first few years, the harvest of wheat found no market so Mr. Fassio traded some wheat for 50 chickens to help eat the grain. This was the beginning of Fassio Egg Farms. By 1925, the flock grew to 350 layers, and in 1928 the layer operation became the familys major source of income. In 1942, Chester Fassio, the eldest son, married Katherine Uzelac, and they assumed the duties of the farm from James Fassio. In the years that followed, the ranch grew to 35, 000 layers. The real catalyst to this growth was a fire that occurred in 1945. It destroyed the chicken coops the Fassios were renting and the Fassios decided to replace them by building their own. This decision helped the farm move towards becoming a profitable business. Soon after, Fassio Egg Farms became the leading egg producer in the State of Utah. During this time, the main office, distribution warehouse, and processing plant were established on the original 45 acres in Hunter, Utah. By this time the city of Hunter had grown and developed into the city of West Valley.
