But I have customers who don't ever want to eat store bought eggs again. They know I take care of my chickens but they aren't attached and have no idea how much work goes into it. They just enjoy the fruits of our labour. So why does that egg taste better and is preferred by them?
As far as nutrition goes. Am I the only one who is like DUH! If you keep your animals stressed, feed them GMO's and especially soy that has been proven to have negative effects on livestock, low quality feed (meet only the minimum requirements) with no access to fresh food like grass, bugs and worms, (oh my guys are soooo hapoy with the worms peaking up each morning), we are expecting what? Miracles?
Stress for any species is a nutrient killer. Stress will consume nutrients and essentially make an animal nutrient deprived regardless of intake. Food quality is definitely a contributor to output. You feed
, you can expect in return. It's not rocket science, it's just so logical it worries me that we need a show to attempt to highlight the benefits and methods. Homesteaders easily comprehend this practice and its benefits. I spoke with my mom about the program and she said she wasn't convinced that the money for organic is worth the difference in nutrition. I tried to explain it's also about the care of the animal, but they don't 'worry' about that stuff. They buy their meat from the superstore with a discount ticket on it so their opinion doesn't count! Hahahah.
