One way to get farm-fresh eggs: become your neighbourhood’s egg kingpin

Alysa Golden knew what kind of eggs she was looking for—cruelty- and hormone-free—but she wasn’t having much luck finding them until she stumbled on a Southwestern Ontario Mennonite community. There, the Star reports, she found eggs that were “full and thick and rich”—in other words, too good to keep to herself. Golden started ordering enough eggs to share with her neighbours, who could retrieve them from her porch and leave a cheque to cover the cost (we presume this is how people did things in the old days). It’s a win-win situation: the neighourhood kids get good eggs, and the adults get to mix and mingle. Golden has even expanded her egg scheme into her own company, called Eggy Weggs, which distributes eggs to health food stores and the Lazy Daisy Café in Leslieville. But as so often happens when the city learns of some people having too much food-related fun, the folks at Toronto Public Health have gotten involved. Specifically, they’re warning that people should only eat eggs that have been graded (Golden’s eggs do meet that criterion)—a hairline crack in the shell could be all that stands between you and salmonella. Of course, a trip to the Lazy Daisy could be all that stands between you and a killer omelette. Read the entire story [Toronto Star] »