University of Alberta Farm

This summer, the Poultry Research Centre at the U of A farm started selling eggs from their heritage chicken breeds to support the program. I just barely made it into the first round of the Adopt-​a-​Chicken program, where I got to «adopt» a chicken (I have an adoption certificate!) and pick up eggs on a bi-​weekly basis through the summer.
The eggs were good and fresh, and we were updated with info about chicken eggs throughout the summer, usually when someone complained about features of the eggs that were different from the uniform white-​shell, pale-​yolk eggs at the grocery store.
I think the program is fantastic, although I don’t think I will sign up again for two reasons: one, the eggs are pretty expensive (for my round it was $ 7.50/dozen), and two, driving out to the farm for pickup in a particular time frame was a bit too inconvenient for me.
Overall though, I’m glad I was able to participate and learn a bit more about where this part of our food supply comes from. Plus, next week I get to pick up a chicken pot pie made with «my» chicken!