Hello there and welcome back my name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to

episode two seventy seven of sustainable minimalist a twice weekly show about

intentional and eco-minimalist living on today's show I am answering a listener's question all about how to read

that egg carton. Lauren wrote to me and she said and I quote, I would love to hear your take on eggs the ones at the grocery store from the cheapest

ones to the organic to the free range to the rotating pastures tell me more.

All right Lauren we're gonna get into all of that today and that's because when it comes to eggs there are an awful lot of choices at the supermarket.

There are the cage free and the free range that you mentioned and then there's also the little pretty

logos to entice us to buy that carton over the other carton next to it and so on

today's show my goal is to teach you how to read that egg carton.

This is one of those good old-fashioned educational episodes.

There's no fluff.

So as I go through today's different egg-related considerations, my hope is that as you listen you think about

the values that mean most to you so that next time you're buying eggs or really

next time you're buying anything you can lead with your values and

purchase in a way that's aligned with your values. I have a three part show for you today.

Part one is all about the considerations we need to

consider when we're thinking about how the hen lives. We're talking cage-free

pasture is there. That's part one. In part two we are talking about the labels that are just

marketing gimmicks. So all those labels, all those words on the carton that really are

meaningless, that's part two. And part three is the third party certifications

I'm hoping that you will look out for.

So let's get right into part one,

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