TEXT: MONIQUE VAN LOON
It’s fantastic, we have a lot of fun!
Female poultry farmers from all over the Netherlands are passionately promoting Dutch eggs and the poultry sector. ‘Wonderful to improve the image of the egg together’, says Petra Smits, chairperson of mmmEggies. The egg is back as a staple in the healthy eating guideline of the Dutch Nutrition Centre. 72
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hey are well known in the Netherlands, the mmmEggies with their pink blouses and pink eggs. ‘The beauty of it is that female layer farmers are promoting eggs together with other layer farmers from all over the country with various housing systems. Everyone does what they are good at, and together we stand side by side for Dutch eggs’, says Petra Smits, besides chairperson also layer farmer in the Dutch province of Limburg. ‘It’s fantastic to do. We have a lot of fun,
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