Petaluma Egg Farm
Hens live with thousands of others inside massive sheds at Petaluma Egg Farm
Despite the name, Petaluma Egg Farm operates several factory farms across Northern California. These eggs come from hens who are rarely provided access to the outdoors and live with thousands of others inside dirty, ammonia-filled sheds.
These eggs are sold under the brand names Judy’s Family Farm, Rock Island, and Uncle Eddie’s, all of which use images that manipulate consumers. Uncle Eddie’s carton displays a man proclaiming “Buy my eggs, my hens need the work” when in fact, hens at Petaluma Egg Farm have been genetically manipulated to produce so many more eggs than they would naturally that their bodies give out after just 1-2 years.
Petaluma Egg Farm was forced to modify the imagery used on their “Judy’s Family Farm” packaging as part of a settlement from a false-advertising lawsuit brought against them by the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF). ALDF brought the lawsuit because the imagery used on the packaging led consumers to mistakenly believe the hens were “free range” and had significant outdoor access, when in reality they did not.
In addition to concerns about animal cruelty, Petaluma Egg Farm’s largest location has a large manure lagoon containing thousands of gallons of feces and waste.
Don’t fall for their quaint marketing, Petaluma Egg Farm is actually several large, industrial factory farms.