Talk:Organic egg production

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"belted system then collects the eggs so that farmers don’t have to" \o/ I vote this article be marked B class. The bulk of the article is written in an un-encyclopedic style more suited for an elementary school text book. For example, "calculated using the amount" instead of accurately describing the calucation, which is a straight-forward division, and "raccoons from getting into the paddock, reaching the birds, and killing them" - is it really necessary to list all those activities that would be performed - I think everyone knows what a predator will do. --84.250.188.136 (talk) 02:19, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, and I'd also note that for an article as info-heavy as this one, only having two citations is a joke. There could be a citation needed added after almost every sentence. JasonAdama (talk) 06:27, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the section "Differences between Free Range and Organic," the sentence "Organic hens are fed organic feed - which is the main factor in improving taste, nutrition and health benefits of the eggs" which is followed by a "citation needed" should be erased because it has not been proven and most likely could never be proven.

Later in the paragraph, the phrase in parentheses "in opposite to free range, which implies usually the same levels of antibiotics as factory farming." This is both misleading and poorly written. Free range simply does not specify the level of antibiotics used, it does not imply the use or non-use of antibiotics.

In the section "Living Conditions," the descriptions of organic operations in the lines

"are generally raised on cement flooring rather than shavings or bedding."

"In an organic operation, nesting boxes are placed above a belted system."

may apply to some organic poultry operations but do not necessarily apply to all operations.

As this would be my first Wikipedia edit, I wanted to propose the changes in discussion before making any edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by St1ph1n (talk • contribs) 13:41, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This article may be helpful: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T9B-47RRVCH-3&_user=10&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2003&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1370682291&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=5fe5f7092695bb66f1db8bc2adb74a51

Unfortunately, I cannot read the article because I haven't bought it; however, by doing some "tricks" (ie, typing "organic egg" into googlescholar.com with the phrase "quality of organic animal products", I can glean from the description:

"However, a report presented in 2001 by the EU shows that, compared to conventional agriculture, organic production leads to a higher Salmonella contamination in eggs, poultry meat" --24.10.103.145 (talk) 18:14, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It does seem strange that other articles on Wikipedia claim that there is little or no significant improvement in quality and safety with organic food, while this page claims that it does. The general scientific consensus supports the former claim, so I doubt many reliable sources will be found to support this particular one (especially in such absolute terms) and should probably be removed or rewritten. Bloodredchaos (talk) 17:52, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on having Wikipedia's longest run-on sentence:

Organic hens are fed organic feed; it is prohibited to feed animal

Wagyu beef, ^{[citation needed}

] whose high quality is to a greater extent the result of its genetic composition, altered by breeding, as opposed to production practices.

50.191.25.59 (talk) 14:58, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]