Free-Range vs. Cage-Free Eggs

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Free-Range vs. Cage-Free Eggs

Green expert Sara Snow explains the difference between free-range and cage-free eggs.

By Sara Snow

Q. What's the difference between free-range and cage-free eggs?

A. Free-range means the chickens are raised with some access to the outdoors, and cage-free means they live in an open room so they can stretch their wings. Neither label is well regulated for eggs, so I look for USDA-certified organic. These are guaranteed free-range and are often cage-free, plus the birds get organic feed, so the farmer doesn't use hormones, antibiotics, or grain grown with toxic chemicals.

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Originally published in FITNESS magazine, November/December 2009.