What does God have to do with eggs?

Where do the eggs we eat come from? How do the chickens that produce those eggs live? Is this in line with religious and ethical values? I ask these questions in part because this week, the US recalled and destroyed 206 million eggs, following a salmonella outbreak. Those eggs were laid by chickens in the 200 million population chicken facility of ‘Rose Acre Farms.’ These eggs were to be scrambled or poached, baked in cakes or muffins, or cooked in pancakes, waffles, or French toast. But some of them had become contaminated with salmonella bacteria, likely arising from faulty conditions in a facility with 200 million chickens crowded in massive sheds. This week I visited a chicken shed, saw first-hand some of the conditions. Read more

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