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I usually buy the cage free, free range, ethical eggs. They are often better tasting anyways and although they are expensive, they still are cheaper sources of
by foxyv 5y ago
I usually buy the cage free, free range, ethical eggs. They are often better tasting anyways and although they are expensive, they still are cheaper sources of quality protein than anything else.
I've noticed that the price of battery hen eggs are starting to come up to nearly 50% of the cage free variety with very little change in the price of the ethical-ish eggs. I wonder how much of that is because battery and barn hens are way more likely to have problems like this.
- t0mas88 5y agoSimilar for meat, I try to eat less of it and everything we buy is biologically produced. The price difference is decreasing compared to just 2 years ago. Maybe it's a combination of increasing cost on the non-bio side of things and increasing demand/volume of these kinds of alternatives?
- freerangeveg 5y ago[dead]
- foxyv 5y agoYeah, I have no illusions about the suffering of egg laying chickens. Health complications from being bred to lay eggs daily are terrible. You can see the thin shells and pale yolks of factory raised hens with minimal nutrition. I can only imagine what that is doing to the bodies of those hens. Not to mention the culling of male chicks. I've found that if I focus on an absolute version of ethics, it becomes impossible to reach that standard. It's just plain depressing because the world contains endless suffering. In the meantime, if I just focus on small achievable changes, I can make some small difference. I can't save every chicken in the world from non-existent health care and the fact they have been bred to suffer for the sake of egg production. But I can try to help the chickens that lay eggs for myself. Whether they are the ones in my mom's back yard, or the local ones that sell to my grocery store and farm stall.