Cockadoodle, I agree.
I can't afford organic certification for my garden, and can't afford organic feed for my birds. But I don't feed them medicated feed, they're truly free-ranged, and my gardens and fields don't get sprayed with pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers. I use...
Brunty, I've seen those pics before, and I have to agree. It's too bad there's not a "certified humane conditions" along with the legal definition of free range, and too bad that "organic" has been so diluted in meaning.
Those of us who understand and respect the spirit of organic and/or free...
I tell my egg customers that they aren't organic because I can't afford organic feed. Then I explain about free-range, and how my chickens eat all the stuff chickens are supposed to eat. Until I can grow the feed myself, (and don't hold your breath for that) I can't call my chickens or my eggs...