Tip #92 Buy Organic Eggs

With the organic label on eggs, buyers feel they are buying the best quality product. The one that is healthiest for both of them, the hens that laid the eggs, and the environment...

Why choose organic instead of any other kind:

Organic chickens are kept in smaller flocks:
The maximum size for a flock of chickens under Soil Association organic standards is 2,000 hens, and under EU organic standards (the green leaf organic logo) it's 3,000 hens.

In comparison, RSPCA assured's free-range standards set a maximum flock size of 16,000 hens, whilst in intensive caged systems, there is no maximum, with some flock sizes reaching 100,000 chickens!

Truly free range with access to the outdoors:
Organic chickens must have continuous and easy daytime access to an outdoor range covered with suitable vegetation. The only exception to this is in adverse weather conditions.

No routine use of antibiotics:
The routine use of antibiotics is banned by organic standards. This regular, 'preventative' use of antibiotics in intensive farming (treating animals with antibiotics before they get sick) is increasing the risk of antibiotic resistance, undermining our ability to help treat infection and disease.

Did you know that 40% of all antibiotics in the UK are given to farm animals and intensively reared pigs & poultry account for 85-95% of UK farm antibiotic use? (source)

In general, we should reduce the animal products in our diet, but if we choose to keep them on our plates, we should make the less harmful choices. Organic, from your local producer, is the best way to go.