Organic Egg Certification: Not Worth It

[galanie]

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Wildlife experts believe there may have been 25,000 to as many as 75,000 nesting bald eagles in the lower 48 states when the bird was adopted as our national symbol in 1782. Since that time, the bald eagle has suffered from habitat destruction and degradation, illegal shooting, and contamination of its food source, most notably due to the pesticide DDT. By the early 1960s there were fewer than 450 bald eagle nesting pairs in the lower 48 states.


Chickened has it right. It wasn't that DDT was directly killing the birds at all. It was that it made the eggshells too thin to perpetuate the species. I am not advocating the use of DDT, but it's proven to not be quite as directly deadly as we once thought.

 

[chick007]

why not just use the term farm fresh eggs, works for me and have a waiting list for people that want my eggs as opposed to store bought eggs(organic)

 

[acy0029]

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In Arizona we're not allowed to use the term "Farm Fresh" or even "Fresh Eggs" is that not the stupidest thing you've ever heard?

 

[Nonny]

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Slightly off topic, but your post reminded me.

I saw some eggs at the greengrocers recently that had FARM FRESH in huge letters on the front of the carton. On closer inspection they were actually cage eggs.... from chickens kept in cages... on a 'farm'. I'm happy to say my protest to the owner of the store was loud and impossible for the other shoppers to ignore. I don't care so much about organic versus merely free range, healthy etc... but to fob cage eggs off as "farm fresh" is bordering on the criminal IMO. They justify it by saying that the cages are really nice, and the hens aren't as stressed because they don't have to worry about predators.

 

[BlazeJester]

You should call them "nearly rotten, chemical laden teeny tiny eggs from the warehouse in my backyard" just to make a point. I bet people would buy them, too, just because it says "backyard".

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In Arizona we're not allowed to use the term "Farm Fresh" or even "Fresh Eggs" is that not the stupidest thing you've ever heard?

 

[DebbieDee]

O brother...

 

[TroutsChicks]

Fresh yard bird eggs.

or stale yard bird eggs.

 

[Cindy in PA]

The government took over organic for Big Ag and promptly started making exceptions. If something is trucked halfway around the world, I don't care if it's organic, I don't need it. Organic today means nothing unless you know your source. Organic is best practiced in your own back yard.

 

[deek]

"uncertified organic"

 

[Ninamm]

Now what is the process for California Organic the same?