7 Reason to Choose Happy Eggs
This post was created in partnership with Heritage Breed Happy Egg Co.
As a vegetarian myself, I really care about the eggs I choose for my kids. I love the vibrant blues of Happy Egg Co. + I especially love that I can choose happy - happy hens lay happy eggs!
Hard boiled Happy Eggs make for a simple, make-ahead breakfast. The kids love the vibrant blues. They especially love the signature, gorgeous rich orange yolk, a guarantee of superior taste. I truly care where my food comes from + wanted to share these with you so you can explore this option, too. #TasteHappensAtHome
7 Reasons to Choose Happy Eggs:
Always choose happy - Happy Hens lay happy eggs.
The Happy Egg Co. is the first free range egg producer to be certified by the American Humane Association. To qualify, the Happy Egg Co. had to meet the program’s rigorous standards, which uniquely includes providing each hen with access to 21.8 square feet of outdoor space, available shelter, and nearly 200 more science and welfare based standards. This certification demonstrates the American Humane Association and the Happy Egg Co. share the belief that these standards do more to support hen welfare and are appropriate to claim true free range production.
Happy Egg Co. farms each have over 8 acres of pasture for the hens to enjoy outdoors every day. Because Free-est of the Free Range™ is about more than just space, after laying their morning eggs, the hens venture outside to forage, perch, dust bathe and stretch their wings. The barns are lined with 6 foot openings called “pop holes,” which make it easy for the hens to come and go.
Heritage Breed Happy Egg Co. eggs are certified organic. To be USDA certified organic, farms must be herbicide and pesticide free for at least a three-year period and the hens must be fed an organic diet.
Unless the packaging says otherwise, you are mostly likely buying eggs from caged hens. These hens spend their entire lives indoors in overcrowded wire cages without even enough space to stretch their wings. Unfortunately, most of the eggs farmed in the US still come from caged hens. The Happy Egg Co. likes to see the hens roaming over the hillside.
The Happy Egg Co. includes 33 small family farms.
At Happy Egg Co., the number one concern is animal welfare. No matter the product, be assured you are receiving eggs from hens raised with the highest animal welfare standards.
Beautiful, happy eggs make for a simple, happy breakfast!
Photography by: // © Lindsey Lee & Co.