pasture raised eggs are delicious and nutritious
In case you needed additional incentive to keep a backyard flock of hens, research done by Mother Earth News has documented the improved nutrition associated with pasture raised eggs. Testing eggs from 14 different locations around the country and comparing the results to USDA data on conventional eggs, they found that pasture raised eggs had 2 times the omega-3 fatty acids, 3 times the vitamin E, and 7 times more beta carotene! I’m no nutritionist, but I think that’s a good thing. The latest research has shown that pasture raised eggs have 4 to 6 times the vitamin D as conventional eggs. If you’ve been following recent nutritional research, you know how significant this result is.
They defined “pasture raised” as chickens that had significant access to the outdoors with fresh pasture, lots of bugs and seeds and nutritious greens to eat. If you’ve had an orange yolked pasture raised egg, you know it tastes better; these tests now confirm that it is better.
The Mother Earth News overview page on eggs can be found here.
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