October 14th 2011 is World Egg Day!

The International Egg Commission has declared that the second Friday in October is World Egg Day! So that's October 14th!

While I don't want to eggsagerate or minimize the importance of a world egg day, I do feel compegged to mention that the International Egg Commission is a lobbyist group based in Washington DC and charged with promoting the sale of eggs. They are funded, or used to be, by mandatory contributions from egg-producers of a certain size.

I think that is just the kind of organization who should begin to take the egg-food-justice issue to lawmakers in DC, and begin to make changes to our mass-produced food industry system that result in humane conditions for all living beings.

I'm pretty sure this is not eggactly how the International Egg Commission eggspected me to crow about World Egg Day - but then again, they shouldn't count their chicks before they hatch.

Eggs are awesome in every way - and they are best by far from a local humane farmer or the backyard of a neighbor.

Happy World Egg Day!