I started buying my eggs from a local source. They are 3 times expensive as the cheapest ones at the grocery but only $1 more than the store bought 'free range, cage free, organic'. To be completely honest, I haven't done a side by side taste test but I'm not sure I could taste the difference in massed produced eggs and free range farm eggs. I just like supporting local growers and I'm looking into more ways I can do this. Last time I went to pick up a couple dozen the owner said 'Give me a minute to wash these. They' re so fresh they got feathers on 'em!' I explained that I didn't plan to eat the shells :D When you buy eggs at the store, they're all the same. Same size, same shape, same color, same same same. Not so with farm raised... I never realized the how much sorting was involved. And that different breeds of chickens laid different colored eggs. I've discovered that the lighter in color, the thinner the