These fresh eggs have dark golden yolks that stand up high, and whites that stay together when poached or fried. Outstanding flavor and a wonderful addition to baked goods.
These hens choose their feed based on their seasonal needs as they forage between compost piles and pasture.
Our Current Suppliers:
Vermont Compost Company
Dog River Farm
Black Dirt Farm
Perfect Circle Farm
Grow Compost
Store in the refrigerator.
I regularly purchase these Free Choice Eggs. I think the quality is excellent, with beautiful, dark yolks that reflect the varied diet of the hens. I don't buy eggs from the store anymore, only from farmers via Farmers To You, farmer's markets, meat CSA, etc. Having said that, I find these to be well worth the price and notably exceptional.
I grew up on a farm and know how freshly laid eggs look and taste like. The taste of eggs from Vermont Compost Company brings me back to my childhood. Thank you farmers, I appreciate your hard work!
Rich golden yolks gave these eggs a superlative taste. They're very pretty, too!
First of all, some of the copy of the three different egg companies offered is identical in terms of the egg descriptions. Someone should double-check the copy.
In any event, I compared the Free Choice eggs to Pete & Gerry's free-range organic eggs, doing the eggs sunny-side up. The Free Choice eggs had clearly darker yolks. Other than that, both my wife and I thought the taste difference between Pete & Gerry's and these was slight, in favor of the Free Choice. Both are better flavored than traditional store bought eggs, but these aren't 50% better or stronger in taste than the Pete & Gerry's, which can be had for $4. I also know that there isn't a federal standard with regard to what constitutes "free range", so the hens might have an even better life here. I don't know. I just wanted to report on the flavor.
Finally, if Farmers To You could get a regular source of duck eggs, I'd be all over them. Those are in another world for flavor.
By choosing these eggs you are both helping to divert compostables from landfills, and feeding laying hens the kind of healthy food they prefer. The result is much healthier hens and eggs. These hens never get any more than 5% of their nutrition from Organic Grain (non GMO).
Our current suppliers of eggs each week:
Vermont Compost CompanyandDog River Farmraise and feed their laying hens on compost and food scraps. Hens range freely on pasture and food scraps that are being processed into compost. This is a symbiotic relationship in which the hens help to airate the compost while finding important nutrients for thier diet. These are fertile* eggs.
Black Dirt Farmraises their hens primarily on food scraps from local schools and neighbors, and are fed a small ration (about 5% or less of a normal grain ration) of certified organic grain, certified organic minerals and oyster shells to supplement nutrient needs. They currently have about 300 laying hens and 5 roosters. These are fertile* eggs.
Perfect Circle Farm'shens (and five roosters) are free to roam outside all day, every day, until they head into their coops at dusk. They get to express their chicken nature. They dust bathe, chase each other, nap in the sun (or the shade) escape the fence sometimes and wander, eat bugs and weeds, and scratch in the soil. These birds are not fed grain like the vast majority of chickens. Instead, they forage in their yard and are fed food scraps that are collected locally from grocery stores and restaurants. These are fertile* eggs.
Grow Compost raises theirhens (and roosters) on a 100% grain free, free-ranging, and free choice diet. They forage for themselves and also get the first peck at locally-diverted food scraps, which they collect, haul and compost at their facility in Moretown. These are fertile* eggs.
Read more on our different egg categories in this Blog Post by Greg: Eggs Eggs Everywhere!
*These eggs may be fertile because these farms keep roosters in their flock. The girls like the company! There is no taste or proven nutritional difference, and since they are harvested daily there is no chance they will develop.
