Never understood why eggs are so cheap in the US. Over 3 dollars per dozen here for mixed size free range, and adjusted for wage disparity that's probably more like 5 per doz.. Organic even more expensive. Although it cost a lot up front to eliminate salmonella from our food chain; for this reason we don't store eggs in the refrigerator like you do.
In other news - "Kelloggs chief says eat cornflakes."
As for "free range": I have a friend in Maine that has a barn with 20,000 hens in it. They are all "free range." But when you look at the barn there's maybe 30 chickens outside in a fenced in area, and the rest are inside.
They are called "free range" because they have the choice to go outside. But almost all of them prefer to stay inside where there's abundant food and water. They don't mind being packed in, wall-to-wall, with other chickens. Not very bright creatures.
Never understood why eggs are so cheap in the US. Over 3 dollars per dozen here for mixed size free range, and adjusted for wage disparity that's probably more like 5 per doz.. Organic even more expensive. Although it cost a lot up front to eliminate salmonella from our food chain; for this reason we don't store eggs in the refrigerator like you do.
In other news - "Kelloggs chief says eat cornflakes."
Well duh! Whodathunk
As for "free range": I have a friend in Maine that has a barn with 20,000 hens in it. They are all "free range." But when you look at the barn there's maybe 30 chickens outside in a fenced in area, and the rest are inside.
They are called "free range" because they have the choice to go outside. But almost all of them prefer to stay inside where there's abundant food and water. They don't mind being packed in, wall-to-wall, with other chickens. Not very bright creatures.
So "free range" is a marketing ploy.