May 22, 2007 - Organic free-range eggs on the table in Richmond

 

Robert Matas, Globe and Mail
May 22, 2007

 

VANCOUVER -- Richmond City Council will be asked this month to be the first municipality in Canada to endorse a policy on using certified organic free-range eggs in its city-run facilities, including the ice rink, the park and the café at city hall.

 

The shift to free-range-egg purchasing would run counter to the approach almost everywhere else in the country. About 98 per cent of the 6.9 billion eggs produced each year in Canada come from operations that keep chickens confined in cages.