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What is the difference between cage-free eggs and organic eggs?

Both seem to come from cage-free hens which are not fed hormones or antibiotics. Organic eggs are more expensive; why?

Public Comments

1. they would be the same i think.
2. Oranic does NOT mean cage-free. It means no use of pesticides or hormones in chicken food. They can still live their pitiful lives in a tiny cage until old enough to butcher. As for the price of organic eggs, "organic" anything is hot right now, and purveyors know ppl will pay more for it... unless they've been informed, as you just have been.
3. Cage free chickens are just free range chickens from a farm, as opposed to chicken "factories". If their eggs aren't certified organic, then they probably aren't. The chickens may be fed antibiotics, or perhaps their feed isn't organic. Organic eggs are more expensive because it's more expensive to to raise chickens that way.
4. organic eggs come from chickens who are fed organic feed and not given antibiotics. They are still kept in cages and never see the light of day or feel the ground beneath their feet. Cage free eggs come from chickens that may or may not be fed organic feed but they have the opportunity to go outside and smell fresh air. If they are really lucky, they get to feel dirt under their feet and maybe eat a bug. I don't know why organic eggs are more expensive.