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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: Why You Can't Find Good Eggs in Toronto</title>
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<title>Steve Taylor</title>
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Wrenkin, I don't know why we wouldn't get our hopes up.  The issue isn't whether it's constitutional.  The issue is whether it's good for food, and whether there is room for small sellers as well.  This isn't a legal issue, it's about the politics of food, and whether, if this is what people want, government can be made to listen to them.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2008/04/why_you_cant_find_good_eggs_in_toronto/#c328243</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:13:36 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Steve Taylor</title>
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We spent several months this year living in the country in PEI.  We noticed *immediately* that the eggs there were *much* more flavourful than those we get here.  There is no comparison.  Eggs here taste like cardboard.  Having farm fresh eggs made breakfast a very different experience.  We've looked unsuccessfully for the same experience here.]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:10:13 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Lindsey</title>
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I've had New Farm eggs, and I can honestly say they are the best tasting eggs ever (same goes for the veggies). I can't eat grocery store eggs any more. It's worth the drive to Creemore!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2008/04/why_you_cant_find_good_eggs_in_toronto/#c276490</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:09:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Gayle</title>
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I work pretty closely with farmers and there's some misleading information here. Provincial legislation, not the marketing board, prohibits direct egg sales to retailers for health and safety reasons. And there are still lots of grading stations in the province - over 70. They're all listed on the CFIA website and more than half of them are also small producers with less than 500 hens. There's good reason why this system exists.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2008/04/why_you_cant_find_good_eggs_in_toronto/#c276471</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:36:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>ilona</title>
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Eggcellent piece!  There is just way too much red tape everywhere - its just stifling.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2008/04/why_you_cant_find_good_eggs_in_toronto/#c276299</link>
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<category>Toronto, Eat & Drink</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:27:26 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Brent</title>
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This is a great piece Catherine! I love that these questions are being so carefully considered now... Egg Marketing Board will change their tune if Preston's suggestion is followed... "Pressure on the right people", but it must also be BY the right people. If the complaints are coming from general consumers, restaurants, grocers, and suppliers there will be no doubt that the policy needs reviewing... If the complaints only come from one side of that economic quadrant, it will not be sufficient to motivate change.

Nice work cracking the case! ;)]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2008/04/why_you_cant_find_good_eggs_in_toronto/#c276217</link>
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<category>Toronto, Eat & Drink</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:21:12 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Wrenkin</title>
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This isn't some sort of Toronto-centric issue. The trade in eggs is covered by an interlocking regulatory scheme involving both the Federal government (the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency) and the Provinces. Further, I think the provincial board (paid for through the proceeds of the industrial farmers) is independent with respect to day to day operations.

This egg stuff has gone to the Supreme Court multiple times, and they're still here. I wouldn't get my hopes up about changing anything.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2008/04/why_you_cant_find_good_eggs_in_toronto/#c276197</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:38:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Susan</title>
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Okay, so please tell us exactly who to complain to, and you can bet we will.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2008/04/why_you_cant_find_good_eggs_in_toronto/#c276143</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:47:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>geg</title>
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I'm sure this isn't the best kept secret in toronto, but there's a family that sells eggs out of the middle of St Laurence's north farmers market on saturdays, and I swear to god those eggs are delicious. Cooking a simple fried egg, you marvel at the cohesive white and the nearly spherical deep orange yolk, and at the plain and honest eggy flavour contained therein.

If you want real eggs that will make you question just what the hell you've been buying at the grocery stores, check them out.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2008/04/why_you_cant_find_good_eggs_in_toronto/#c276121</link>
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<category>Toronto, Eat & Drink</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:15:06 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jerrold</title>
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There's a local company that sells small coops that city dwellers can even set up in small urban back yards. Can't recall the name though... heard on CBC radio a while back.

http://backyardchickens.com/]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2008/04/why_you_cant_find_good_eggs_in_toronto/#c276119</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:11:06 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>frank</title>
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Agreed.  Excellent, thoughtful piece.  Keep up the good work Catherine!

Do you know off hand how these regulations would apply if 'The New Farm' sold it's egg as a co-op?  You buy in at the beginning of a season and you get a regular supply of eggs?

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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:56:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Dave</title>
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That's crazy.  I just moved to Toronto last year and had not idea.  Nice reporting.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:55:58 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>chephy</title>
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Nice piece highlighting an important problem.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2008/04/why_you_cant_find_good_eggs_in_toronto/#c276111</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:35:37 PDT</pubDate>
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