Collection: Pasture-Raised Eggs

Eggs from hens that actually live outside. Ours are moved onto fresh grass through the season, where they scratch, forage and eat what a chicken is supposed to eat. That is what puts the deep orange in the yolk and the strength in the shell.

What pasture raised actually means

The label is not regulated as tightly as people assume. Cage free only means the birds are not in cages. Free range means they have some access to the outdoors, which can be a small door onto a concrete yard. Pasture raised means the birds are out on grass with room to move.

You can see the difference before you taste it. A pastured yolk stands up in the pan and runs deep orange rather than pale yellow. The whites hold together instead of spreading thin.

Corn and soy free, non-GMO feed

Our hens forage for most of what they eat. What we supplement is non-GMO and free of corn and soy, which matters to anyone avoiding those in their own diet, and to anyone who has noticed that they react to supermarket eggs but not to farm eggs.

How to buy them

Eggs sell out. They are collected daily and they go quickly, so the reliable way to get them is to order online and pick up at the store rather than turning up and hoping. If you go through a lot of eggs, the three dozen saver works out cheaper per egg.

Order online and collect at the Pure Grass Farm store, 457 Country Club Rd, Troutville, VA, fifteen minutes north of Roanoke.