This week poultry related labelling has come under fire, with the Australian Egg Corporation drafting new egg labelling standards and legal action from the ACCC against KFC’s chicken supplier Steggles. Jess Gregory sorts the yolk from the white.
Eggs
Home on the range getting crowded for egg producers
Free range chooks are under threat. Far from a life roaming without restraint, a push to redefine the production of free range eggs nationally will make life even tougher. Michael Carter reports.
The economics of backyard chooks
Reckon you’re saving money on eggs by keeping chickens in the backyard? Maybe at the supermarket, but what about the coop, feed, water bottles, and the birds themselves… Joshua Levin does some serious number crunching on the real value of the backyard chook.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Green eggs and spam
Crikey readers on greenwashing egg producers, the Indonesia Solution, learning to love Canberra, ASIO and more.
What came first, the chicken or the vegetarian egg?
Vegetarians are forced to ponder whether the eggs they are eating are possibly chickens that never got the chance to grow. Is it true? Grist investigates.
How to crack an egg with one hand
We got such a positive response when we posted a video on how to open a banana like a monkey, we couldn’t help but share this one too.
Countess’s breakfast almost ruined by criminal butler
The Countess of Arran was miffed when her butler landed a curfew order that meant he could not leave his home until after breakfast, especially because he makes the most smashing scrambled eggs.
