Round Two

Why do I think it's important to move towards a more sustainable model when it comes to egg production in the U.S.? Here's the beginning of my argument.

According to: http://www.uspoultry.org/economic_data/     
U.S. Value of Egg Production Up 6 Percent
Value of all egg production in 2010 was $6.52 billion, up 6 percent from $6.17 billion in 2009. Egg production totaled 91.4 billion eggs, up 1 percent from 90.5 billion eggs produced in 2009.

That is an inconceivable amount of eggs. What disheartens me most about these figures, is that most of the above named eggs were produced in factory farming systems (see below), where the welfare of the hens, the land and the farm laborers are most certainly overlooked. Pure and simple: It's all about the bottom line of the big producers. Even the farmers don't get a fair deal (more on this next week).

Generally Recognized As Safe, hmm...  Irradiated, wow a few things to ponder over.