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Penny Eaton

Are These Eggs Fresh?

Are these eggs fresh? Understand the grading, packing, and expiration details that affect egg freshness and quality.

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Eggs and Yolk Colour: What You Should Know

Learn why eggs and yolks differ in color. Discover how hen feed affects the yellowness of the yolk you buy.

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Finding Canadian Foods At The Grocery Store

More people than ever are interested in sourcing Canadian-grown foods but it can sometimes be difficult to know where certain foods are grown and made.

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Carrots for Cattle: Working Together to Prevent Food Waste

Farmers and food companies are coming up with new ways to reduce waste and find new uses for products that can’t be fully utilized in the human food stream.

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What is a broiler hatching egg farm?

On broiler breeding farms, the chickens grow from chicks a few days old until they are ready to start laying eggs that will hatch into broiler chickens.

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Chicken Farming with the Keets

The Keets raise broiler chickens, which are those raised for meat (versus layer chickens, which produce eggs) Find out more about their daily activities.

Penny Eaton

Penny Eaton

Penny Eaton is a farm girl turned communications specialist who works to help answer consumer questions about farming and food production. Originally from a farm near Rosetown, Saskatchewan she is a University of Saskatchewan alumna and has worked in the agriculture industry for almost 25 years. She’s a proud Riders fan and probably takes Halloween a little too seriously.

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