RE: Free Range Eggs

Donna Fezler (gcr@rhealiving.com)
Wed, 20 Oct 1999 07:37:30 -0500

This was Chicago.

Donna Fezler
GCR
Jacksonville, IL

http://www.rhealiving.com

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu [mailto:owner-sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu]On
Behalf Of Andy Lee & Pat Foreman
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 8:27 PM
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Free Range Eggs

>

> I came across an article about some small scale farmers getting $2.00 per
>>dozen for unfertilized free range, $4 for fertilized and $6 for green
>>Araucana eggs. I know the $2 price is accurate, but the other two are a
>>shock.
>>

I checked with the largest natural foods store in my region of Virginia, and
they will willingly pay $2 per dozen for real free range eggs. On the other
hand, they don't pay extra for "fertilized" eggs, and the idea of green eggs
being worth $6 per dozen was somewhat amusing to them.

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