I am not sure why I feel quite so smug for simply picking up these Burnbrae eggs. I guess it was the stuff printed on the carton. I must have been convinced by the fact the eggs come from
... hens raised in small social
groups in enriched colony housing
equipped with perches and nesting areas.
We all like to falsely think of our food products as coming from small family farms. However, the logistics of feeding a sizeable population requires industrial-sized operations. There are simply not enough small family farms to provide the number of food products for a vast number of consumers. These eggs are surely a compromise, but do seem a bit more humane for the birds. At least they're trying to market the idea of happier birds and who can argue with that?
