These days we have become so detached from our food. Most people have no idea of the process of food production and the way that animals and plants are manipulated to gain a higher profit and reduce upfront costs. In fact, Americans are one of the only nations where the average family pays less than 16% of their take-home income on their food. The eggs you have purchased are one small step in the opposite direction that our food industry is trying to take us. So keep buying local!
Our laying hens are not kept in small individual cages or fed medicated food. We supplement their processed diet with insects when the birds free range as well as provide them with organic table scraps. The reason the eggs are different sizes and colors are because of the variety of breeds in our flock. We currently have 10 laying hens. Our breeds are: Barred Rock (large double-yolked egg), Buff Orpington (medium brown egg), Golden Comet (medium dark brown egg), Rhode Island Red (large brown egg), and Auracanas (medium green egg). We hope you enjoy not only the taste of these eggs but also the peace-of-mind in knowing that the eggs were produced by super-happy birds in a spacious free-range environment and hand-picked by our daughter, Moira.
Love your eggs. They're the best we've ever eaten.
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