Chino Valley Ranchers

You can taste the difference with Chino valley ranchers eggs! I love to bake and having a consistently good egg is important. Consistency in size and richness makes for a better end product.
I have a picky toddler who’s protein is most consumed by chino valley ranchers eggs. She doesn’t know the difference in organic or name brands but I sure feel better knowing that she is eating the very best!

I have never felt the urge to Unilocal about somebody’s eggs… until now! We love the taste and freshness of their eggs. We really noticed when we had to buy different eggs, cracked the first egg and it crumbled, leaving a mess of eggshell to pick out of the bowl. This business is top notch!

I used to automatically buy the eggs on sale… NOT ANYMORE!!! The taste difference is unbelievable. The color of the yolk is so rich in color, these eggs just look healthier & taste so much better! Thank you for caring about the health of the animals as well as the consumers!

Do these people actually have any clue about what «organic» means? Stop feeding your birds corn, get them out into the pastures so you won’t need to vaccinate them, and stop regulating their diets! Hens are creatures who naturally wander about eating bugs and seeds wherever they find them. So provide a natural environment to roam around on! This is a factory farm in sheep’s clothing!

FIRST off I am a HUGE animal lover and believe that animals should be treated humanely especially in todays world with all of the knowledge we have regarding their well-​being.
I have recently had the pleasure to tour both the Packing Plant and the Farm where the Chickens live and produce the eggs.
BOTH Facilities were CLEAN and VERY well taken care of.
The Chickens seemed «happy» when I entered to see them. They all were curious, had plenty of space to spread their wings and did have the choice to go outside and peck in the dirt. (Which is not what a recent Unilocaler wrote but I don’t think they visited the Farm?) The chickens looked & felt VERY healthy and followed me around pecking at my booties — we had to wear coverings from head to toe so not to bringing any outside «kooties» the birds have a VERY clean environment. :)
I too read the article that Cornucopia wrote and am ashamed with what they reported after visiting the Farm. I’m not sure what they were looking at but I saw the Farm from front to back, let’s get our facts straight, I have pictures to prove my words if you so so choose to see them, this is not gossip… These birds DO have open areas to roam, fresh food and water and were not even close to being over crowded inside. As fast as green pastures, keep in mind we live in CA which is mostly desert and not rolling fields of grass like back east or up north. The ground was dirt but is that a surprise & we are in a drought to boot.
The chickens have water filtration systems spraying them to keep them cool, it was nicer in the building than it was outside in the heat and scorching sun… but guess what, there’s even covered areas for the birds so if they do want to go outside and not be in the sun they can. The outside areas are roughly 4,000 sq ft+ between each building making LOTS of outside space to peck and roam if they so choose.
We buy our eggs at both Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods and will continue to happily do so and feel better knowing how they are raised, fed and taken care of. It’s important to get our facts straight about where we buy our foods theses days.
Hopefully one day all of our dairy, eggs and meats will be humanely raised and fed whole foods not stuffed with hormones and antibiotics, etc… which is polluting our earth and our bodies.
The People who run the company could not be kinder of more caring to their mission of being an organic humane chicken farm. We’re thankful we had the opportunity to visit and meet these wonderful people and their «Girls»

I’ve been buying Chino Valley Ranch organic eggs at Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods for quite some time. I wanted to buy eggs that were humanely produced, and good for me. I thought I was doing the hens and myself good by selecting these eggs. Doh! Was I wrong.
I recently read a piece in Mother Jones about the Cornucopia Institute’s organic egg study and my eyes were opened. The current ‘organic’ standards require outdoor access for all birds producing eggs labeled as «organic.» Of course, as consumers, we just make the assumption this is happening. But sadly, it isn’t. For some egg producers, like Chino Valley Ranchers, that «outdoor» access can be as small as a tiny concrete porch on the side of a hen warehouse housing 36,000 birds INDOORS.
The Cornucopia Institute conducted site visits, when allowed, and rated each «organic» egg producer for their humane standards. Chino Valley rated only a 1 out of 5! The report states of Chino Valley Ranchers «The company has been active in opposing strict requirements for outdoor access for organic laying hens» and, in addition, provided zero transparency as to the living conditions of the hens.
I was really surprised considering these eggs are at Whole Foods. In addition, really healthy eggs are said to have an orange yolk, not yellow (when raw). Chino Valley eggs are definitely yellow.
So, what’s the solution? They may cost a buck or two more, but I’m going to now buy Vital Farms eggs exclusively from now on. Vital Farms has earned a 5 out of 5 score on the same report and that’s the only other choice being given at Whole Foods and Co-​Opportunity nearby in Santa Monica. I’ll just skip getting eggs at Trader Joe’s altogether and absolutely skip the Chino Valley eggs now that I know how they conduct business — which has been described by Mother Jones as the same as any other mass produced eggs.
I wholly recommend you do the same if you want to help raise humane standards for the animals enslaved to feed us.