A lot of the expensive eggs are more than just organic. There are other classifications for eggs too. Like cage free, or free range. These have increasingly strict regulations (for now I guess).
But free range chickens must spend a certain amount of the day outside, and below a specific population density for that range they are free in.
Cage chickens can’t move and shit right next to each other. They are more likely to get the flu I believe.
Doesn’t look like organic has anything to do with the health nor environment of the chickens.
https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/How-does-USDA-define-the-term-organic
A lot of the expensive eggs are more than just organic. There are other classifications for eggs too. Like cage free, or free range. These have increasingly strict regulations (for now I guess).
But free range chickens must spend a certain amount of the day outside, and below a specific population density for that range they are free in.
Cage chickens can’t move and shit right next to each other. They are more likely to get the flu I believe.
Once the market finds what people like, the industry will lobby to get it legally defined and then do the minimum towards that legal definition.
So, it sort of depends on who labeled it and makes those labels a little nebulous to the benefit of big ag.
A small brand will come up with something people like, them big ag will just sort of steal the label, make it meaningless and use it as marketing.
Organic is a non-scientific approach to food based in the fallacy of “natural is good”. It’s typically arbitrary and less efficient.