Free-range eggs

[davidc4430]

How to know what you're getting for your money

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-01/free-range-eggs-how-to-know-what-youre-getting-for-your-money/...

[tasfleur]

"cant wait for the govt to start charging us a fee to breathe"

Can't argue with that David, so don't hold your breath! ...

[janeababe]

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@mloreason wrote:

I only ever buy free range eggs. I like the thought of chooks happily wandering around in hectares of beautiful green grass. My husband reckons my interpretation of free range is way off. lol

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Unfortunately, your hubby is right. 
I buy free range eggs or cage free eggs. However, and quite disappointingly, I also realise that the eggs I buy are from chooks who have probably never stepped foot on a blade of grass either. 

chicken farming..........
concrete flooring, hosed out weekly if they're lucky

[chameleon54]

The pork industry has made some major changes for the better in the last decade or so. Pigs used to be kept in crowded pens on concrete floors all of their short lives. Now on many farms, the growers are housed in giant igloo type structures. ( eco shelters )

The walls are often made from large rectangular hay bales weighing 3/4 tonne and the earthen floors are kept knee deep in straw. The pigs can burrow in the straw and dirt and are stocked at fairly low densities. When the growers are removed, front end loaders scoop up the straw and side wall bales which are then composted for fertiliser. New, fresh hay bales and straw go into the shelter and the system starts again.

I have visited these piggeries a couple of times and have been very impressed with the way the pigs enjoy their surroundings. Its a vast improvement on the old style cement and steel sheds.