Eggs in the office rant

[cafarmgirl]

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Yup, I knew as soon as I read the part where you added the feather that somebody was going to go all idiot on you over it!

I used to work in an office with so many people like that!

It really is appalling how huge the disconnect is for people about where their food comes from and the level of ignorance that seems to be so prevalent.

Just a few years ago I had a part-time office assistant, 20 something years old, bright, intelligent college girl ask me what exactly it meant to "harvest" something! "What does that mean?" she asked me! I unwittingly made her feel stupid because I stared at her with my mouth open for a bit to long before I got over the shock. But that seems typical of many kids these days, raised with absolutely NO exposure to ag on any level. I really applaud the school's that are including more education on the subject but apparently much more needs to be done!

 

[Orchid]

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WOW!! And I'm just the opposite. I get grossed out when I see people buying store bought eggs or ordering eggs for breakfast at our local restaurants who purchase store bought eggs. I want to pewk when I see them eating those GROSS STORE BOUGHT EGGS.

Oh my, I'm getting sick just thinking about it. I gotta go.

I know right?! None of my chickens were laying for a couple of months and we just didn't have any eggs. I couldn't bring myself to buy any at the store.

 

[debilorrah]

I have a guy at work whose wife wanted an entire dozen of just the green ones.

 

[M.sue]

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I sure did, it was on my "Ad" that I included with the eggs. In my strange mind I also figured that people would be more inclined to buy eggs if they saw them in front of them and how pretty they were. Well, excuse me for being silly.

I freaked them out last week when we were talking about horse poop. I told them I love winter for when I have cold feet during chores, I simply stick my feet in the manure pile to warm them up. It is so warm and mushy...ahhhh.... They just glared at me as I walked away. I find it quite therapeutic.

Maybe you should hold a test/taste kitchen one afternoon and really show them the difference!! My oh my would they be suprised!!!

 

[Avalon1984]

M.sue :

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I sure did, it was on my "Ad" that I included with the eggs. In my strange mind I also figured that people would be more inclined to buy eggs if they saw them in front of them and how pretty they were. Well, excuse me for being silly.

I freaked them out last week when we were talking about horse poop. I told them I love winter for when I have cold feet during chores, I simply stick my feet in the manure pile to warm them up. It is so warm and mushy...ahhhh.... They just glared at me as I walked away. I find it quite therapeutic.

Maybe you should hold a test/taste kitchen one afternoon and really show them the difference!! My oh my would they be suprised!!!​

See, I even tried the old "compare the yolks" deal to no avail.

 

[Avalon1984]

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Yup, I knew as soon as I read the part where you added the feather that somebody was going to go all idiot on you over it!

I used to work in an office with so many people like that!

It really is appalling how huge the disconnect is for people about where their food comes from and the level of ignorance that seems to be so prevalent.

Just a few years ago I had a part-time office assistant, 20 something years old, bright, intelligent college girl ask me what exactly it meant to "harvest" something! "What does that mean?" she asked me! I unwittingly made her feel stupid because I stared at her with my mouth open for a bit to long before I got over the shock. But that seems typical of many kids these days, raised with absolutely NO exposure to ag on any level. I really applaud the school's that are including more education on the subject but apparently much more needs to be done!

I would have totally taken advantage of the situation, turned on the computer and said “Let’s see what google video finds when we enter Harvesting chicken”. But then I am evil. I finally managed to teach some of my co workers that a pony is not a newborn horse.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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Sounds like the computer guy at work whose wife only wanted eggs layed by one particular breed. As if I was going to sit by the nesting box EVERY DAY and collect eggs from this 1 particular breed. DUH !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kuntrygirl]

I'm at a point where I am looking to purchase a video/movie/documentary that shows how and where these chickens live in these large chicken jail houses and how they stand in their poop all day and produce these eggs and pass it around to all of my co-workers and everyone else until they understand what really goes on with how these chickens are treated and where their store bought eggs come from. It probably wouldn't change their way of thinking but at least they would know the truth.

 

[Avalon1984]

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Sadly we are all assuming that people would want to do what is right if shown the "truth". I have found that people are perfectly happy being very ignorant about where there food comes from and really don't care or want to learn more. Sad but true. I have had endless discussions with people that demand healthier food. I told them they can buy veggies and stuff from me but it'll cost, since I am not a co-op and cannot produce good food for cheap. That is where the breaking point is for people. They want healthy food cheap and I really don't have a solution for that. I don't want to open this can of worms and I personally know a lot of people who simply cannot afford healthy food (and whom I supply with eggs and meat for free) but many others would have the opportunity to choose with their dollars and choose not to. They can't have it both ways unfortunatelty.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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Sadly we are all assuming that people would want to do what is right if shown the "truth". I have found that people are perfectly happy being very ignorant about where there food comes from and really don't care or want to learn more. Sad but true. I have had endless discussions with people that demand healthier food. I told them they can buy veggies and stuff from me but it'll cost, since I am not a co-op and cannot produce good food for cheap. That is where the breaking point is for people. They want healthy food cheap and I really don't have a solution for that. I don't want to open this can of worms and I personally know a lot of people who simply cannot afford healthy food (and whom I supply with eggs and meat for free) but many others would have the opportunity to choose with their dollars and choose not to. They can't have it both ways unfortunatelty.

So true.......

Just this past Monday, I saw a movie/documentary called Farmageddon http://farmageddonmovie.com/. I was so upset after it was over but I was more educated on a few things. That has convinced and encouraged me more to support ALL of our local farms/farm hobbyists/neighbors/etc. who grow and produce healthy foods. And also encourages me more and more to grow a bigger and better garden so that I can have my own supply of healthy foods.

The Film Americans’ right to access fresh, healthy foods of their choice is under attack. Farmageddon tells the story of small, family farms that were providing safe, healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop, sometimes through violent ac-tion, by agents of misguided government bureaucracies, and seeks to figure out why.

Filmmaker Kristin Canty’s quest to find healthy food for her four children turned into an educational journey to discover why access to these foods was being threatened. What she found were policies that favor agribusiness and factory farms over small family-operated farms selling fresh foods to their communities. Instead of focusing on the source of food safety problems — most often the industrial food chain — policymakers and regulators implement and enforce solutions that target and often drive out of business small farms that have proven themselves more than capable of producing safe, healthy food, but buckle under the crushing weight of government regulations and excessive enforcement actions.

Farmageddon highlights the urgency of food freedom, encouraging farmers and consumers alike to take action to preserve individuals’ rights to access food of their choice and farmers’ rights to produce these foods safely and free from unreasona-bly burdensome regulations. The film serves to put policymakers and regulators on notice that there is a growing movement of people aware that their freedom to choose the foods they want is in danger, a movement that is taking action with its dollars and its voting power to protect and preserve the dwindling number of family farms that are struggling to survive.

Sorry to get off topic.......... I just got excited with your post. Now back on topic.​