Re: ......... and about eggs too....now free range

[Guest guest]

> By the way, I heard that if it says 'free range' on the carton, by

law,

> that just means the birds have access to the outdoors for a few

hours a

> day. That doesn't mean they're getting their nutrition from bugs

and

> grass like a pastured chicken is.

-----> Two years ago I called every egg producer I could find at

Atlanta health food stores. There are none in Atlanta no matter what

their carton says that have access to a natural diet. Call and ask

what the breakdown of their feed is, how much space they have, how

long they get to stay in it, etc. You'd be surprised at how many

have soy in thier diet....all the ones I talked to that I could get

to tell me diet breakdowns. AND they were proud of that!

Then I went on a search for local....many of those farmers also use

soy based feed. It's very hard to find feed that isn't. The farmers

I get eggs from now may use some but their chickens are mostly truly

free-range. The eggs are heavenly with bright orange yolks that

stay together after you crack them. It took me quite a bit of work

to locate all my sources but I'm telling you it's worth every bit of

it!

Lynn

[Guest guest]

Thank you for sharing this. It is something I would like to know too.

Garrett

> > By the way, I heard that if it says 'free range' on the carton,

by

> law,

> > that just means the birds have access to the outdoors for a few

> hours a

> > day. That doesn't mean they're getting their nutrition from

bugs

> and

> > grass like a pastured chicken is.

>

> -----> Two years ago I called every egg producer I could find at

> Atlanta health food stores. There are none in Atlanta no matter

what

> their carton says that have access to a natural diet. Call and ask

> what the breakdown of their feed is, how much space they have, how

> long they get to stay in it, etc. You'd be surprised at how many

> have soy in thier diet....all the ones I talked to that I could

get

> to tell me diet breakdowns. AND they were proud of that!

>

> Then I went on a search for local....many of those farmers also

use

> soy based feed. It's very hard to find feed that isn't. The

farmers

> I get eggs from now may use some but their chickens are mostly

truly

> free-range. The eggs are heavenly with bright orange yolks that

> stay together after you crack them. It took me quite a bit of work

> to locate all my sources but I'm telling you it's worth every bit

of

> it!

>

> Lynn