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Trader Joe's Eggs NOT Humane

Critter News

I decided to look online for some information regarding the "Organic Free Range Eggs" that Trader Joe's, my favorite store, sells. Now customers looking for cage-free eggs need to look no further than the Trader Joe's label. But are they really free-range eggs? Here is what their web site says.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Kristof (column, April 9): Thank you for this inspiring and enlightening article. To the Editor: The term “free range” sounds prettier than it usually is. Egg production, including on free-range farms, entails the mass killing of newborn male chicks, a point made in Nicholas D. Caroline Abels Montpelier, Vt.,