The U.S. produces about 75 billion eggs per year. Do we really know what all those labels mean? Let's do a deep dive and see if I can convince you that there really is something special about those specially-labeled eggs.

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Useful links and resources used include:

 

History of Egg Production

https://www.aeb.org/farmers-and-marketers/history-of-egg-production

 

About the US Egg Industry

https://www.aeb.org/farmers-and-marketers/industry-overview

 

Egg Labels defined

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a48023/egg-nutrition/

 

Are cage-free eggs more nutritious?

https://universityhealthnews.com/daily/nutrition/are-cage-free-eggs-more-nutritious/

 

Are home-raised chickens' eggs really healthier?

https://www.health.com/nutrition/farm-fresh-eggs-healthy

 

Housing vs Feed Intake, a study

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4990894/

 

What the rise of cage-free eggs means for chickens

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/06/27/195639341/what-the-rise-of-cage-free-eggs-means-for-chickens

 

Pete and Gerrys Organic Eggs

https://www.peteandgerrys.com

 

Happy Egg Co

https://happyegg.co

 

Industrial vs Family Farms Comparison

http://www.beyondfactoryfarming.org/get-informed/industrial-vs-family-farms-comparison

 

Fact-Check: Corporate vs. Family Farms

https://www.farmpolicyfacts.org/2016/12/fact-check-corporate-farms-vs-family-farms/

 

Backyard Chickens: Expanding our Understanding of Harm

https://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-welfare/backyard-chickens-expanding-understanding-harm/

 

Horrific Conditions of Hens...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chickens-eggs-footage-noble-foods-big-fresh-walston-poultry-farm-a8262296.html

 

Egg-sessive? Large eggs...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1161370/Egg-cessive-Large-eggs-painful-hens-lay-claim-experts-Whats-theyre-tasty-So-stop-shelling-them.html

 

How Egg Farms will stop killing millions of male chicks

https://www.wired.com/2016/06/egg-farms-will-stop-killing-millions-male-chicks/