There once was little country who greatly depended on it's supply of food stuffs. Along came unclean working condition that lead to a spinach recall, and animal waste that lead to a lettuce recall, and now more lack of care has sent droves of eggs back from where they came.
I am not an all organic eater. I maintain my own garden in the summer because in the end, we tend to eat more veggies because they're on hand, and it saves money overall. Win, win. I also go thru a lot of eggs. This is where I'm really concerned. I make use of protein powders and other similar dietary supplements like the next guy, but the easiest, cheapest way to get more protein in your diet. Eat eggs. With that being said, do you know how to spot a quality egg? The shell should be fairly thick (as thick as an eggshell can be, anyway) and the yolk should be firm. Do this test, if you crack an egg in to a bowl, and the yolk breaks when it lands in the bowl, good chances is that egg is months....maybe even a year old. Thank you scientists for making poultry so profitable. I didn't say healthy as we would assume....I said profitable. Rolled in preservatives and stored in large cold houses, eggs can be warehoused for very long times.
Again, not a hippie, but I do support a local family by buying their eggs. I used to be a jumbo sized egg (sometimes 2 dozen a week) on the notion that bigger is better. It's one of the least purchased sizes, meaning I was probably buying the oldest eggs on the shell. For 10 cents less, I get eggs that are less than a week old (not the same size) and delivered to my desk at work.
De-stress. Find local suppliers, farmer's markets and the like. Next time that ABC recall story hits, you can sit back and enjoy your purchase. Support your local farmers, not the mega corporations who have their eyes on profit....not necessarily your health.
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