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Setting an eggs-ample

All eggs look very much the same to the naked eye. And yet Swiss consumers are ready to pay practically double the average cost for an organic egg. Why the higher cost? Giving chickens a good quality of life costs farmers more.

What does that actually mean for the poultry? swissinfo.ch took a look inside the Bigler family’s organic farm in Vielbringen, 11km from Bern. (Pictures: Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo.ch).

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