EggIndustry.Com Website

A few years ago, I spent some time watching animal rights videos on the internet, and it forever changed my life. Until then, I knew that a large portion of my food came from animals, but I wasn't fully aware of the many, many facets of animal agriculture. After spending several days on websites run by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), and Compassion Over Killing (COK), I was much more aware of where my food came from, and I must say I was not pleased. I found out that the raising of animals for food sometimes means that animals are treated very cruelly, and the cruelty extends beyond the meat industry to the egg and dairy industries as well.

Recently, someone asked me what the difference between a "cage-free" and "free-range" egg was, and I wasn't sure, so I turned to the internet for help. One of the first links I came across was http://www.EggIndustry.com, a site entirely dedicated to the animal welfare implications of egg production and sponsored by Compassion Over Killing, a Washington, D.C.-based animal advocacy organization. The site has a plethora of information regarding the egg industry, including photos and videos of actual egg farms along with a comprehensive report on how egg-laying chickens are treated through their birth, production, and death. Visitors to the website should be aware that there are a few graphic images of actual animal cruelty on egg farms, so viewer discretion is definitely advised. But if you are looking to find a no-holds-barred view of what life is like for an egg-laying chicken, the EggIndustry.com website is a great resource.

In the Frequently Asked Questions section of the EggIndustry.com website, you can find a comprehensive list of the various labels on egg cartons and what they do and do not mean. For many consumers, it is hard to know the difference between cage-free, free-range, and organic eggs, and egg producers have made it increasingly difficult to understand by adding even more production terminology to egg cartons over the past few years. Compassion Over Killing's website cuts through all the nonsense and lets the public know what they are actually getting in that egg carton.

After visiting the EggIndustry.com website, I feel as though I am much more confident about where the eggs I am buying are actually coming from. For me, I will only buy cage-free or free-range eggs from now on because I cannot support companies that produce eggs by jamming chickens into small cages where they can barely move. Other people may decide to give up eggs altogether--for those people Compassion Over Killing offers a whole range of delicious, vegan recipes that you can access for free online. If you've ever been curious about what exactly happened to that egg before it ended up in your refrigerator, EggIndustry.com is a must-visit website. The information there will allow you to make responsible and informed decisions about the eggs that you buy.