Search Results for: Eggs

Clover Sonoma

Clover Sonoma Farms purchases its eggs from a local, family-owned layer facility with over 100 years of experience in the industry. Because of the close proximity to our egg producers we are able to work with them on a daily basis to ensure that we are receiving the best quality eggs on the market. All… Read more »

National Organic Program: Proposed Rule for Animal Welfare Standards

Herbruck’s massive “organic” operation in Michigan managing nearly two million birds (Click on image for larger version) Almost a decade after The Cornucopia Institute brought public scrutiny to the issue of giant “factory farms” producing organic eggs and poultry, the USDA has finally released its long-awaited draft rule to constrain abuses in the industry. Cornucopia… Read more »

German Organic Egg Demand Spikes

News24 Berlin – Demand for organically produced eggs in Germany has shot up, experts and retailers said on Tuesday, with shortages feared as consumers shun battery-farmed goods in the wake of a dioxin scandal. “It’s certain that people are increasingly reaching for organic eggs,” which are unaffected by the crisis, said Margit Beck from poultry… Read more »

The Farmer’s Hen (Shoprite)

This brand states that “we partner exclusively with over 75 local and small, family-owned farms across America” as their egg sourcing. These eggs can be found in Shoprite grocers. This brand is a private label, or store brand. Grocers or distributors will buy their eggs wholesale and re-label them under their own brand name. They… Read more »

Kreher’s Farm Fresh Eggs

Kreher Family Egg Farms has their own private brand and also supplies Eggland’s Best, Born Free, and Land O’Lakes. Many of the eggs sold under this brand are American Humane Certified. This companie’s eggs can aslo be found at many private label retailers nationwide as well, including Wegmans.

Turtle Ledge Farm

They write: “Most of our egg sales are to our list of customers with whom we communicate via email. Some are subscribers who pick up a dozen eggs each week at the farm on a specified day. Others order eggs for pickup sporadically, and take their chances on availability. When we have extra eggs, we… Read more »

Mission Mountain

They write: “Remember in the “good old days” when you cracked open those eggs from the farm and they stood up in the skillet in a small circle with a bright orange yolk? Have we all gotten too used to the modern pale yolked eggs that run like water all the way to the edges… Read more »

Flyover Easy

Article originally from Nutrition Business Journal by Bill Giebler Source: Robert S. Donovan Aerial photography targets factory farmed organic eggs At the Alfalfa’s Market a half mile from the NBJ office, eggs start at $2.99 a dozen. Organic eggs, of course, command a higher price, ranging from Nest Fresh’s $4.99 for a dozen, through Chino… Read more »

Hidden Villa Ranch

This is an industrialized organic brand that focuses on profit margin rather than dedication to organic ideals and animal welfare. These brands produce mostly conventional eggs, but their stake in the organic egg marketplace can be huge because of the volume of organic eggs they produce. Brands like this one lack transparency. Transparency is the… Read more »

Farmhouse Eggs (Cal-Maine)

This is an industrialized organic brand that focuses on profit margin rather than dedication to organic ideals and animal welfare. These brands produce mostly conventional eggs, but their stake in the organic egg marketplace can be huge because of the volume of organic eggs they produce. Brands like this one lack transparency. Transparency is the… Read more »