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Group Health Serving Wilcox Cage-Free Eggs

Group Health Commits to Cage-Free Eggs Group Health Cooperative’s Capitol Hill campus has made a commitment to using cage-free liquid and shell eggs. The hospital will be purchasing Wilcox liquid eggs and Davidson’s shell eggs. “We’ve used pasteurized shell eggs for...

How common are eggs with double yolks?

December 9, 2011 What are the chances of six double-yolkers? By Wesley Stephenson BBC Radio 4, More or Less What are the chances of finding half-a-dozen double-yolk eggs in a single box? Last Sunday in a kitchen in suburban West London, what looked like a statistical...

2011 Excellence in Family Business Awards

The Wilcox family at the 2011 Excellence in Family Business Awards ceremony 2011 Excellence in Family Business Award recipients announced October 28, 2011PORTLAND, Ore. – Bike Newport of Newport, Colas Construction of Portland, IB Roof Systems of Eugene and Wilcox...

Good Egg Project Community Breakfast

Saturday, September 24, 2011 Wilcox Family Farms had the opportunity to participate in a Good Egg Project Community Breakfast with our friends from the American Egg Board, fellow Northwest Egg Farmers, and Chef Jeffery Saad. More than 700 people in need were provided...

Forest Stewardship Council

Forest Stewardship Council Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is a non-profit organization devoted to encouraging the responsible management of the world’s forests. FSC sets high standards that ensure forestry is practiced in an environmentally responsible, socially...

Egg deal ends costly battles

Once rivals, groups will press for federal laws on hen housingBy DAN WHEATCapital Press The Humane Society of the United States says it won’t lobby for additional restrictions if new standards for egg-laying hens it has negotiated with United Egg Producers are passed...

Cheaper by the Dozen

From Newsweek When I was in my early 20s, my good buddy McGee generously moved to a penthouse apartment in Paris for three years. On the first of my (numerous) visits, we went out for “French” pizza, and when it arrived, I was a tad unnerved to find that it was...