Comments on: I Want to… Exchange… An Egg

By: AWA

AWA — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:15:52 +0000

Also, since you were talking about eggs, here is what the New York Times said about Animal Welfare Approved eggs…

Catherine Price, New York Times

“For eggs from chickens that live in the sort of utopia conveyed by the images on most egg cartons, look for ‘animal welfare approved.’ Available in limited markets, it is a new label by the Animal Welfare Institute that is given only to independent family farmers. Flocks can have no more than 500 birds, and chickens over 4 weeks old must be able to spend all their time outside on pesticide-free pasture with a variety of vegetation. They must have access to dust baths and cannot have their beaks trimmed (a practice on crowded egg farms) or be fed animal byproducts.”

Cheers!

By: AWA

AWA — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:13:56 +0000

Thanks for your informative post.

I would like to bring your attention to Animal Welfare Approved, the high-welfare label that the World Society for the Protection of Animals calls “the most stringent” of all of the food labels regarding humane treatment of farm animals.

The Animal Welfare Approved program audits and certifies family farms that utilize high-welfare methods of farming. Farmers benefit from having a third-party affirmation of their practices and consumers benefit by knowing that the label means what it says.

What Does the AWA Seal Mean for You?

Animals are raised outdoors on pasture or range on true family farms with the “most stringent” welfare standards according to the World Society for the Protection of Animals in both 2008 and 2009 reports. The standards have been developed in collaboration with scientists, veterinarians, researchers and farmers and incorporate best practice and recent research. Annual audits by experts in the field cover birth to slaughter.

http://www.AnimalWelfareApproved.org

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By: actorsdiet

actorsdiet — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:22:24 +0000

ha – i knew exactly what you were talking about when i just saw the title post. total 90210 junkie. old skool only, though.

By: thedallasceliac

thedallasceliac — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:04:30 +0000

I do eat eggs – a lot of them, actually – and try to buy organic when I can. I like the idea of buying free range, but it’s somewhat cost-prohibitive for us given how many we eat.

Great to meet you at the FB Festival!!!

By: Brittany

Brittany — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:36:06 +0000

I agree that going to the local market and talking to the source of your eggs is the best bet. We actually get ours from a family at my boyfriend’s school. I love that I am able to do this.

PS 90210 used to be my favorite show!

PPS It was GREAT to meet you at the foodbuzz festival- keep in touch!

By: caitlinarndt

caitlinarndt — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:59:29 +0000

I stopped eating eggs when I started moving toward veganism about a year ago, but I was always conflicted about eggs. As much as I tried to read up on what all those labels meant but never knew what to believe. I guess, in a way, I took the easy way out by just quitting all together. I’ve recently been lucky enough to move to a city with great farmer’s markets and I feel a little safer about this kind of stuff when I can talk to people who are more knowledgeable about where the food is coming from than some teenager in smock with a name tag… I still think I would probably hold off on going back to eggs until I am able to raise my own chickens.

Also, great segue into the egg discussion, I love 90210! (as does my 44 year-old Pakistani roommate, although he is loathe to admit it… )

By: laura

laura — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:40:40 +0000

I grow my own and no beak cutting for me. Chickens peck, it’s called the pecking order. I would say your best bet is to talk with grower and find someone who raises them for the love of it.