France’s alternative eggs

Eggs and egg products in the ?alternative segment are in high demand in the Pays de Loire region of France. “More and more food products are marketed with an emphasis on their barn egg or free range egg ingredients,” says poultry farmer Regina Minier. She decided to produce barn eggs for the egg industry with an option to move to free range. “At this moment in time I chose for the aviary system, because that is easier to manage than free range, but the barn has a ?multifunctional design.�