Tag: eggs
How to make sure farm fresh eggs are safe to eat
Small-scale egg producers and their consumers should understand good handling practices to ensure food safety when buying or selling farm fresh eggs.
Ohio Poultry Association honors excellence
The Ohio Poultry Association presented its top awards at the annual banquet.
Farming without a farm
Jacob and Naomi Shepler dream of owning their own farm, but for now, renting six acres in their hometown of Ohioville, Pennsylvania, will have to do. See how they make it work.
In northwestern Pa., Sperry Farms processes 4 million eggs a day
This family farm is planning for the future. Last year, Sperry Farms, located in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, added on 30,000 square feet to house new egg processing equipment, which moves 53 eggs through the system per second, or 530 cases an hour.
How to hide your Easter eggs and eat them too
It's disappointing so many Easter egg safety articles suggest making separate batches to eat and hide. There are safe ways to eat the eggs you hide.
Eggs from small flocks more likely to contain salmonella
Eggs from small flocks of chickens are more likely to be contaminated with salmonella enteritidis than eggs sold in grocery store.
Raise quail for meat and eggs
Practical advice on how to buy birds, set-up a brooder and grow birds to harvest weight
All about eggs: Colors, sizes and grades
There’s much that meets the eye when you look at a chicken egg.
The Calame family takes on full-time poultry farming
Three years ago the Calame family got into poultry farming in Huron County, Ohio, and now transport over 160,000 eggs twice a week to local hatcheries.
Celebrating spring’s arrival with grandma’s egg sandwiches
When I see that the peeps are in at the local Tractor Supply, I bust out the garden tools and gumboots, start surfing the internet for picnic food recipes and begin planning my tiny garden. Ah, spring.
