Civil Eats

Just like every other year, parents are shelving traditions of dyeing and hiding Easter eggs. And just like every other year, post-Easter egg demand is inevitably declining, leaving producers with a surplus. To ease the financial burden of this annual drop in egg consumption, the American Egg Board declares May “National Egg Month” and attempts to woo food editors and morning talk shows into promoting eggs.

But one thing the egg industry likely won’t trot out in its PR effort is its sordid animal welfare record. Read More

Walk into any McDonald’s in the UK, order an Egg McMuffin, and you’ll be served a cage-free egg. And by next year, all of the whole eggs sold in every McDonald’s in the European Union will come from cage-free hens.

On this side of the Atlantic, however, the story is a bit different. Read More