Organic Meadow, owned by an Ontario farmers’ co-operative, is typically known for its milk—but it also produces free-run eggs. The farm says that chickens are fed “free choice—meaning they are left to eat the feed that satisfies them. Our hens are never force-fed.” Their feed consists of organic flax and corn, and they’re housed in open-concept barns that give them access to fresh air and sunshine.

These eggs are labelled as free-run and are produced in Ontario. The hens are fed a multi-grain diet with added flaxseed, corn and alfalfa, but this feed is not organic. The eggs bear the Health Check symbol, which means that the eggs’ nutrition information meets the standards developed by the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s dieticians. These particular eggs’ production is also bullfrogpowered with 100% renewable energy.

These eggs are not organic and are from battery-caged hens, but do bear the Health Check symbol. The hens are fed an “all-natural, flax-based diet with a small amount of fish oil, alfalfa and corn.” Regarding hen welfare, Burnbrae Farms states: “We follow the animal husbandry codes that have been developed by experts when making choices about how to raise our hens.”