Orland Bethel knows the meaning of a hard day’s work. The founder of Hillandale Farms grew up on a dairy farm in Belmont County, Ohio.
He borrowed $4,000 from his parents and in-laws to get his egg company off the ground and frequently put in 18-hour days to keep it going. In the early days, he collected eggs from local farmers’ basements throughout southeast Ohio and hand-graded them at his plant before reselling them.