The Colorado Eggs-aminer
Issue No. 1
April 2014
Sharing the latest news from your Colorado Egg Farmers. 
CEP sponsors Easter Bunny

This year, Colorado egg famers are proud sponsors of the Easter Bunny at FlatIron Crossing Mall! For every child who visits the Easter Bunny we will donate one egg to  Community Food Share, serving Boulder and Larimer counties. Learn more here.  
Nutrition Corner  

A healthy breakfast is all about balance. Our friends at the Egg Nutrition Center designed a fun-to-read infographic about how to build a better breakfast for higher energy, weight loss and other egg-cellent benefits. Check it out here!
Farmer Spotlight 

 

Hillside Egg Farm

Boulder County 

 

Why he became an egg farmer: "I actually spent the first 20 years of my life as a CPA in California. In 1990 I decided I wanted to make a change and bought the farm. When I bought the property, it was a 15,000 sq/ft caged facility that housed 33,000 birds. After three years, we decided we wanted to transition to a cage free facility, and became the first farm in Colorado to do so."

 
Favorite way to eat eggs: Over-easy with tomatoes
 
Eggs produced: NestFresh
Eat Local 
 
Knowing where food comes from and buying locally is top-of-mind for more and more Coloradans today. If it is important to you to eat locally-produced, fresh food - check out the following great restaurant that serves up Colorado-proud eggs.

McCoys: With rave reviews and a reasonably priced menu, McCoys is a delicious choice for breakfast located in Denver. The diner is open 24 hours, so whether your egg craving hits at 7:00 a.m. or midnight, McCoys will be ready for you.
Eggs With (and without) Impact
 
Eggs with an impact...By the end of April, CEP will have donated nearly 450,000 eggs to more than 30 organizations so far this year. Local food banks will receive approximately 300,000 of those eggs to help families in need this Easter.

...and no impact where it matters: CEP also strives to take care of the environment by recycling on farms, conserving water and energy and managing land responsibly. The Egg Industry Center recently announced news of egg production's improved environmental impact nationwide. Check out the news and learn more about how your local egg farmers protect the environment here.
Eggs-cellent Tips and Recipes

Tip: Easter is right around the corner and we want to prepare Coloradans with the best egg dying tips around. If you're looking for creative ideas this article offers 20 out-of-the-ordinary suggestions. Here's one: drizzle hard-boiled eggs with rubber cement, let dry, then dip in a color. When dry, peel off the rubber cement. Repeat as many times as you'd like with different lines and colors to create a vibrantly swirled Easter egg.
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In This Issue
Taking Back Easter

The American Egg Board is on a mission to take back Easter this year by encouraging people to eat more eggs! Learn about the effort on ABC's The Chew on April 4th.

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Colorado Eggs 101

Wondering if there's a difference between brown eggs and white eggs? Confused about the nutritional values of a cage free egg compared to a conventionally produced egg? We answered these questions and more in our latest community column!

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Egg-ucation

How much do you know about eggs? Play our unique egg game  designed for kids in grades one-through-three and learn facts like what to call the different parts of an egg and why protein is so important for our energy and growth.

 

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That's Egg-credible!

Did you know? The largest Easter egg hunt took place in 2007. More than 9,750 kids hunted 501,000 hidden Easter eggs in Winter Haven, Florida.

           

About the Colorado Egg Producers Association

The Colorado Egg Producers (CEP) Association is a membership organization representing seven farms throughout the state. CEP is committed to doing what's right for its community, as illustrated by the regular donation of thousands of eggs to food banks throughout the state. Local egg farmers take great pride in providing eggs to Coloradans. Eggs are a gluten-free food and we are proud to offer consumers the choice between cage, cage-free eggs, organic, nutrient enhanced, brown and white eggs, although it is important to note, there is no nutritional difference between cage-free eggs and conventionally produced eggs. You can find locally produced, fresh, wholesome and safe eggs in the dairy case of your favorite Colorado supermarkets. Learn more at www.coloradoeggproducers.com.