tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036737765155951537.post6628415011721368690..comments2023-12-31T11:13:43.682-05:00Comments on Cooking Tip of the Day: What Exactly is Free Range?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036737765155951537.post-86206181556641280882009-10-31T15:36:35.296-04:002009-10-31T15:36:35.296-04:00Sadly, the US gov't is in the back pockets of ...Sadly, the US gov't is in the back pockets of the ever growing crop of HUGE food providers. They are softening terms to mean what they want, instead of what consumers need to know.<br /><br />Sigh... best we can do is try and reward the people we knowInspired by eRecipeCardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104173871760979364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036737765155951537.post-25795191915029327022009-10-31T15:32:26.749-04:002009-10-31T15:32:26.749-04:00we're all on the same page... it's best to...we're all on the same page... it's best to know more about the producer when purchasing free range food products... raising your own ... well you certainly know what you're getting...unlike most of us that have to get it in the supermarket<br /><br />highlands... I know Whole Foods has a high quality standard... BUT.. that still doesn't mean you're getting what you think your Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11858557987591867168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036737765155951537.post-53784718311262031532009-10-31T15:20:15.281-04:002009-10-31T15:20:15.281-04:00And these are some of the reasons i raise my own c...And these are some of the reasons i raise my own chickens....cause I truly DO let mine free-range. They have a large, fenced in area and they also are let out of that for several hours a day to roam our land. And there is most certainly a difference in the flavor! My hens yolks are dark orange with lots or real flavor!Farmgirl Cynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596602094024708943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036737765155951537.post-12082715107406712052009-10-31T14:49:19.592-04:002009-10-31T14:49:19.592-04:00Good point. How can you raise any farm animal wit...Good point. How can you raise any farm animal without boundaries (fences) without them roaming the neighborhood? Unless of course you live in open range country, and even those are controlled to a point. And I would have no chickens if I let them roam around the neighborhood. Coyotes would have a hey day like they have with the once flock of guineas that used to roam the neighborhood. I Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435370349554811512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036737765155951537.post-40911343373188339132009-10-31T14:40:42.595-04:002009-10-31T14:40:42.595-04:00Thanks for this post. I've had my suspicions ...Thanks for this post. I've had my suspicions also. Until I find out differently I do trust the products I buy at Whole Foods. All of a sudden Free Range eggs became available in the Safeway brand. I looked at that and was instantly leary. Safeway would have to mass produce those eggs in such quantities that I doubted they were really "free range". I don't know that for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com