Do you eat organic food?
Anyone buy free-range chicken or eggs from free-range chickens?
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Question.... less of an ecological footprint in its production. Food that is transported across continents unnecessarily uses up fuel and resources that could have been put back into production.
Free-range eggs for moral reasons. They don't taste any different though. It's just to make my own conscience a little lighter, although since here's no legal definition of what "free-range" means from farm to farm, I could be buying eggs from chickens whose lives sucked just as much as those of bttery chickens.
There are other factors to consider. As noted previously, travel time from chicken to market means less fresh eggs and the burning of fossil fuels.
In addition, simple logic tells us that happy, healthy chickens that have room to move and eat a wide range of fresh foods will produce better quality eggs. Conversely, highly stressed, overcrowded chickens that eat a diet of nothing but mass-produced feed will produce lower quality eggs. (This logic applies to all kinds of things - think about puppy mills for a minute. There's a reason people avoid buying puppy mill puppies.)
Large-scale egg farms use cheap (low-protein, high-filler) feed and don't supply added calcium to their birds, which means lower quality eggs/shells. Forage is far higher in protein than commercial feed, and a higher-protein egg is a better, healthier egg.
Don't believe me? Compare a farm fresh egg to a mass-produced egg from the grocery store. They look completely different. They cook/bake completely differently, and yeah, I can taste the difference. YMMV.
But I don't buy them. Don't have to. When I need an egg, I go out to the coop and reach under a chicken.
Simple question and explain why.
Well, I may not be tasting a difference because I rarely eat eggs. I'm not willing to go vegan, but I do try and limit my consumptiom of eggs and dairy. I do agree however that eating some foods as they are currently produced means missing out on a lot. Like meat, for one. The amount of cortisol and preventative anti-biotics floating in the boodstream of the average animal these days is not something I'm eager to be munching one.
Oh, I'll never go veggie (must have the occasional steak or ribs). But I do try to eat a balanced diet, which includes LOTS of stuff from my (organic) garden. No pesticides or chemicals on MY food - there's something to be said for munching on a handful of fresh, ripe blueberries right off the bush, without having to wash the chemicals off, first.
I'm lucky enough to have an outstanding country butcher nearby. Lots of small farmers out here raise a few cows on a few acres and the butcher buys only the best of these organic "hand-raised" cattle for sale. Yeah, the meat's more expensive, but like you, I do what I can to avoid too many additives, preservatives, and chemicals in my food. For as rarely as I cook myself a big steak, I want it to be the best/healthiest I can buy.
Today for lunch: yellow and green zucchini, sauteed with onions, sesame seeds, and a little soy sauce. Snacktime: fresh blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries. Supper? Maybe some eggs. :mrgreen:
Mhm, I'm all for people doing what they can to source fresh local produce. Ithink that, even more than "organic" or "free-range" lables, guarantees tasty fresh food, as well as allowing one to help the local economy. My area of Scotland grows the most delicious little potatoes, as well as lovely flavourful cybees, and I did my bit for my county by having a big bowl of both with butter and pepper. :mrgreen:
What are "cybees"?
I like to keep a lot of frozen fruit- specifically frozen blueberries- around, just so I'll have some when I want them. Fresh produce may be better for you than frozen, but not if it rots before you get a chance to eat it.
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