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January 18th, 2007, 08:05 PM
Google, whose founders reportedly drive Prius gas-electric cars and have invested in alternative energy, is now taking a stand for animal rights.
The company has announced that its cafeterias will serve only eggs from cage-free hens.
That's no small matter; the company serves about 300,000 eggs a year to about 6,000 employees a year, the article said.
"Animal rights groups urged the switch, noting that at many large farms, six or more hens are confined in a single wire cage," the newspaper reported. "For 12 to 18 months they cannot flap their wings or forage for food, and egg industry guidelines require only 67 square inches of space for each bird to live out its life--an area two-thirds the size of a sheet of notebook paper."
Google is in good company.
A company that manages cafeterias for Yahoo, Oracle and Cisco announced late last year it would buy eggs only from cage-free hens and America Online followed suit.
Raising hens out on pasture is expensive and time consuming.
They run around and exercise, this lowers egg production, fewer eggs, but better eggs !
They live in the real world of seasonal weather - this effects egg production, too.
They eat grass, clover and insects that produce better eggs - but not as many eggs as a commercial laying ration.
Fresh, free-range eggs have half as much cholesterol and far richer in vitamins than supermarket eggs and are available in Maysville at the Herb Farm @ Strodes Run. 606-742-2000
The company has announced that its cafeterias will serve only eggs from cage-free hens.
That's no small matter; the company serves about 300,000 eggs a year to about 6,000 employees a year, the article said.
"Animal rights groups urged the switch, noting that at many large farms, six or more hens are confined in a single wire cage," the newspaper reported. "For 12 to 18 months they cannot flap their wings or forage for food, and egg industry guidelines require only 67 square inches of space for each bird to live out its life--an area two-thirds the size of a sheet of notebook paper."
Google is in good company.
A company that manages cafeterias for Yahoo, Oracle and Cisco announced late last year it would buy eggs only from cage-free hens and America Online followed suit.
Raising hens out on pasture is expensive and time consuming.
They run around and exercise, this lowers egg production, fewer eggs, but better eggs !
They live in the real world of seasonal weather - this effects egg production, too.
They eat grass, clover and insects that produce better eggs - but not as many eggs as a commercial laying ration.
Fresh, free-range eggs have half as much cholesterol and far richer in vitamins than supermarket eggs and are available in Maysville at the Herb Farm @ Strodes Run. 606-742-2000