Comments on: Greening Your Kitchen: Forget Free-Range, Buy Pasture-Raised Eggs From a Local Farm

By: newRDcook

newRDcook — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:50:47 +0000

Relatedly, the USDA announced today details of the amendment to the National Organic Program that requires organic livestock to follow a pasture based system in which animals are actively grazing pasture during the grazing season:
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal?contentidonly=true&contentid=2010/02/0059.xml

By: newRDcook

newRDcook — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:19:24 +0000

This is a great article to distinguish the lingo of pasture-raised vs. free-range vs. organic. I go to a Farmer’s Market every Saturday and will be sure to look for pasture-raised.

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Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:01:57 +0000

[...] Free range? Organic? Cage free? Which eggs to buy?! (Quick cheat: pasture raised) (via Civil Eats) [...]

By: “Pasture-raised” eggs « The Politics of Food

“Pasture-raised” eggs « The Politics of Food — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:22:01 +0000

[...] By profcheit This Berkeley-based foodie recommends pasture-raised eggs. (Or backyard-raised, I guess.) The local CSA-kind provide an [...]

By: Gerardo Tristan

Gerardo Tristan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:23:56 +0000

Why not just raise your own chickens if you have fornt or backyard? If there is a law prohibition for rasing chickens in your city , you can fight it and help pass a law that allows chickens in your property. DYS!!

By: Smokey

Smokey — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:56:06 +0000

Not only are you eating a healthier product, but also promoting economic health. When you spend a dollar directly with the food producer you are, typically, injecting that dollar into the local/regional economy. Depending on the economic formula used, this can mean around $15 or more of impact. Plus, the producer benefits which means he/she can continue to focus on their craft versus accepting “programmed” methods that pay them a barely sustainable price.

Great article!

By: Eve

Eve — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:53:15 +0000

I totally agree. I wrote a post a year or two ago on how to find the best milk and came to the same conclusion though there are some corporate brands that are better options because they purchase from a network of family farmers (unlike Horizon organic, etc.) If you’re curious the milk post is at: http://gardenofeatingblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-milk-should-you-buy.html

By: Amerigo

Amerigo — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:55:26 +0000

I agree completely about supermarket organic eggs, and some organic dairy brands also. The problem with organic certification is that is a plug-in system. Just swap organic feed, fertilizer, and pesticides (yes, there are organic pesticides) for conventional, and voila: you’re certified. There’s nothing to segregate the 40-cow grass based diary from 800-cow CAFO that pastures just enough to keep their certification. Just like layers that have access to a concrete “yard”, this is a misrepresentation of the Monsanto kind.
Buy local.
Period.