Updates for healthier ways to buy and eat eggs. Some may surprise you. How to Buy Healthy Eggs In the grocers, look for eggs labeled PASTURE-RAISED, such as Vital Farms. Pastured hens live outdoors in movable coops. In a Farmer's Market, ask the seller "what do you feed these chickens?" Eggs that are colored, speckled or slightly dirty don't mean the birds were pastured. They may have been raised in a fenced dirt area with no access to ... Keep Reading >
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Free Range Chickens as Pets
OK, I just could not resist this... Free RangeChickens as Pets, indoor, and wearing diapers... Last week a podcast and a post on Multiple Sclerosis, and this week, chickens in diapers. It's a strange and wonderful world we humans have made. And I want to write about all of it. Urban farming has become quite the rage, you know, with homeowners everywhere going to City Councils for permission to keep chickens, ducks and other animals in ... Keep Reading >