Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
A study suggests that organic free-range egg production has a higher environmental impact than caged systems due to increased land use, water eutrophication, and greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers noted that organic models require more chickens to produce the same volume of eggs, though the study relied on older data.
Organic free-range production also scored worst in its potential for water eutrophication, acidification and land use. Organic free-range production also scored worst in its potential for water eutrophication, acidification and land use. Environment Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests
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