Must eggs be organic?

[spo1977]

I recently bought some eggs from Hickman Farms that were Cage Free but not organic. I assume these aggs were good. They had the brown shell and like I said were cage free? Is it worth it to go the extra money for teh organic.

I want nutrition. I just would like your thoughts on if there is a considerable difference.

[shelley]

No considerable difference. Some cage-free eggs cannot claim to be organic because they feed their chickens essential vitamins in order to raise the nutritional value of the yolks. The very limited regulations for whether something qualifies as organic or not require that no fertilizers/supplementation be used at all, so sometimes "un"organic is actually better.

[beachbuminthecountry]

I have read that there is no difference between white and brown eggs except for the color.

[chardy]

Also dont you have to pay to be organic certified? I know people who are esentially organic, but wont pay for the label because they dont have the money spare.

If you trust the source and they're not organic then go for it, my worry is all the horrible chemicals used in battery farming will go to the egg, so when Im not sure of the source or the farm I always buy organic.