Sales of free-range eggs have overtaken those from battery farms for the first time, it emerged yesterday. According to the British Egg Information Service, 51% of eggs bought last month were free-range, while 41% came from caged hens. The remainder came from a mixture of barn and organic farms.
The trend comes amid strong growth generally in sales of organic produce, which have risen more than fourfold since 2000.
But sales of free range eggs also received a significant boost from Jamie Oliver’s Fowl Dinners programme which highlighted issues of animal welfare this year, according to a spokesman for BEIS.
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