Seattle - July 01, 2009

The Yolk's on You

Crown S Ranch Farm-Fresh Eggs

Solved: the age-old query as to why the chicken crossed the road.

That plucky bird was seeking better digs in the Methow Valley.

You’d be fresh off the wrong farm not to realize that chicks who roam free amid rotated pastures, clean water, and fresh air — without being pumped with hormones or fed genetically modified grains — produce tastier eggs.

The farm-fresh results are just part of family-owned, certified-organic Crown S Ranch’s agricultural offerings. By enrolling in the estate’s CSA program or calling to place an order, you can receive shares of beef, pork, chickens, or turkeys bred using traditional husbandry methods.

Showing you give a cluck about healthy food and its sources.

Crown S Ranch (509-996-3849 or crown-s-ranch.com). Eggs available at Eat Local, 2400 Queen Anne Avenue North (206-328-3663 or eatlocalonline.com); Thursdays, 3-7 p.m., at the Queen Anne Farmers Market, West Crockett Street, at Queen Anne Avenue (qafma.org).