Select Whole Foods Market Stores: 12-Ct Grade A Cage-Free Plus Large Brown Eggs

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"Consumers are increasingly skeptical of 'marketing terms' that bear little relation to the realities of how the eggs are farmed, and rightly so," says Jeff Hinds, vice president of quality assurance, compliance and food safety at Vital Farms, where I recently – full disclosure – went on a sponsored tour. Here's what I learned about which terms mean what:

Caged: Hens are confined to cages with a 67-square inch space each. They never see the light of day and consume a corn or soy diet. Over 90 percent of eggs in the U.S. come from hens that are kept in cages for their entire egg-laying lives.
Cage-Free: These ladies have more room than caged hens, since each is given less than 1 square foot. Still, they're not entirely "free," since they're confined to barns and consume a corn or soy diet.
Free-Range: Allotted less than 2 square feet per hen, these animals have more space than their caged and cage-free peers, but they don't get outdoors as much as you may think. Some seldom get to see the light of day and many eat a corn- or soy-based feed.
Pasture-Raised: These ladies are given at least 108 square feet each and consume some feed and lots of grass, bugs, worms and anything else they can find in the dirt. They tend to be let out of the barns early in the morning and called back in before nightfall.
Pastured-raised hens also produce healthier eggs, according to a 2003 study out of Pennsylvania State University. In it, researchers found that one pasture-raised egg contains twice as much omega-3 fat, three times more vitamin D, four times more vitamin E and seven times more beta-carotene than eggs from hens raised on traditional feed

And 5% cash back if you use your Amazon card.

Select Whole Foods Market Stores [Store Locator] have 12-Ct Grade A Cage-Free Plus Large Brown Eggs on sale for $2.99. Price valid in-store at select locations.

Thanks to Community Member steve501 for finding this deal.

Note: May not be available at all locations

How sad that EGGS make it to SD 😒

New York?

I know you wrote that to make yourself feel and look smart, because apparently you have been living under a rock for the last two years.

This isn't microeconomics, it is MACROeconomics