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Nationally, cage-free eggs are taking off. Over 100 American universities, including Yale, Princeton, Georgetown, Berkeley, and Stanford, have now made a full or partial switch to cage-free eggs. Finagle-a-Bagel and Bon Appetit both stopped using caged eggs, while AOL and Google have now made the switch in their staff cafeterias...
It’s not often that Harvard has an opportunity to beat the European Union (EU). But dissociating itself from eggs laid by hens raised in inhumanely small cages may present an opportunity. One of the cruelest products of modern factory farms, eggs laid by caged hens will be banned by the UE by 2012. Now a group of students is urging Harvard to go cage-free first, and they have amassed almost 1,000 student signatures in support. We agree: For ethical and environmental reasons, Harvard dining halls should switch to serving only cage-free eggs...
...Organic cage-free eggs present a viable alternative. Hens raised on cage-free farms can roam in barns and yards as the climate permits, nesting and running almost as they would in the wild. Most of the organic farms that raise them don’t use pesticides or herbicides, reducing run-off and minimizing their environmental footprint...
Critics of cage-free eggs argue that the costs are unjustified. Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) is already cash-strapped, unable to extend dining hall hours or to routinely offer fair-trade bananas. Annenberg hall uses eightgallons of eggs a day; better, critics argue, to address dining essentials before paying to switch to costlier eggs...
Moreover, the projected costs are manageable. A report published by the Humane Society of the United States puts the cost of cage-free egg production at 8 to 24 percent more than battery egg production, which translates to three to 12 cents extra per dozen eggs...