Editor: Free-range eggs.
What kind of hens’ eggs do you want to eat? Where do you want to get them? How much do you want to pay for them?
There are many good reasons to prefer free-range eggs over factory eggs. Most important are nutrition and disease resistance. Hens that wander freely will consume a beneficial variety of nutrients. Chicks that are not machine-inoculated develop stronger immune systems.
Personally, I prefer eggs from hens that have had a pleasant, stress-free life.
People who keep free-range birds pay more attention to their hens than factory hands. Free-range hens tend to be respected individualists, part of a happy community.
Free-range eggs taste better. Much better.
Now about price, wherever I go in the world, free-range eggs cost about half what factory eggs cost. There is no logical reason for this. Go figure.
From market gardeners, I have heard that government officials have been pressuring people to avoid selling free-range eggs despite the demand. One can only assume that this is the pressure of Big Agro at work.
I am a Canadian, born and bred. I pledged to make the supreme sacrifice for my country.
I want to give a shout out to all the free-range egg producers.
Keep ’em coming!
James A. Prendergast
Chatham
