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On a recent sunny day, 13,000 chickens roam over Larry Brown’s 40 windswept acres in Shiner, Texas. Some rest in the shade of a parked car. Others drink water with the cows. This all seems random, but it's by design, part of what the $ 6.1 billion U.S. egg industry bets will be its next big thing: climate-friendly eggs.

These eggs, which are making their debut now on shelves for as much as $ 8 a dozen, are still labeled organic and animal-friendly, but they’re also from birds that live on farms using regenerative agriculture—special techniques to cultivate rich soils that can trap greenhouse gases. Such eggs could be marketed as helping to fight climate change.

“I’m excited about our progress,” says Brown, who harvests eggs for Denver-  based Nest Fresh Eggs and is adding more cover crops that draw worms and crickets for the chickens to eat. The birds’ waste then fertilizes fields. Such improvements “allow  our hens to forage for higher-quality natural feed that will be good for the land, the  hens, and the eggs that we supply to our customers.”

The egg industry’s push is the first major test of whether animal products from regenerative farms can become the next premium offering. In barely more than a decade, organic eggs went from being dismissed as a niche product in natural foods stores to being sold at Walmart. More recently there were similar doubts about probiotics and plant-based meats, but both have exploded into major supermarket categories. If the sustainable-egg rollout is successful, it could open the floodgates for regenerative beef, broccoli, and beyond.

Regenerative products could be a hard sell, because the concept is tough to define quickly, says Julie Stanton, associate professor of agricultural economics at Pennsylvania State University Brandywine. Such farming also brings minimal, if any, improvement to the food products (though some producers say their eggs have more protein). 

The industry is betting that the same consumers paying more for premium attributes such as free-range, non-GMO, and pasture-raised eggs will embrace sustainability. Surveys show that younger generations are more concerned about climate change, and some of the success of plant-based meat can be chalked up to shoppers wanting to signal their desire to protect the environment. Young adults “ really care about the planet,” says John Brunnquell, president of Egg Innovations.  “  They are absolutely altering the food chain beyond what I think even they understand what they’re doing.”

在最近一个阳光明媚的日子里，一万三千只鸡在拉里·布朗位于德克萨斯州夏纳市的40英亩土地上漫步。有的在停着的汽车的阴凉处休息。其他人和奶牛一起喝水。这一切似乎都是随机的，但这是有意为之的，这是价值61亿美元的美国蛋业押注的下一件大事的一部分:气候友好型鸡蛋。

这些鸡蛋现在首次出现在货架上，每打售价高达8美元，它们仍然被贴上有机和动物友好型的标签，但它们也来自生活在使用再生农业的农场里的鸟类，这种农场采用特殊技术来培育肥沃的土壤，可以捕获温室气体。这种鸡蛋可以作为有助于对抗气候变化的产品来销售。

“我对我们的进步感到兴奋，”布朗说，他为丹佛的Nest Fresh eggs公司收获鸡蛋，并正在增加更多的覆盖作物，吸引蠕虫和蟋蟀供鸡吃。这些鸟的排泄物会给田地施肥。这样的改进“使我们的母鸡能够寻找更高质量的天然饲料，这对我们供应给客户的土地、母鸡和鸡蛋都有好处。”

蛋业的努力是对再生农场动物产品能否成为下一个优质产品的第一次重大考验。在短短十多年的时间里，有机鸡蛋从被天然食品商店视为利基产品的产品，变成了在沃尔玛(Walmart)出售的产品。最近，人们对益生菌和植物性肉类也有类似的质疑，但这两种产品都迅速成为超市的主要产品。如果可持续鸡蛋的推广成功，它可能会为再生牛肉、西兰花等打开闸门。

宾夕法尼亚州立大学白兰地酒学院农业经济学副教授朱莉·斯坦顿说，再生产品可能很难销售，因为这个概念很难快速定义。这样的养殖方式对食品的改善也微乎其微(尽管一些生产商说他们的鸡蛋含有更多的蛋白质)。

该行业认为，那些愿意为自由放养、非转基因和牧场饲养的鸡蛋等优质产品支付更高价格的消费者，将会接受可持续性。调查显示，年轻一代更关注气候变化，而植物性肉类的一些成功可以归因于购物者想要表达他们保护环境的愿望。年轻人“真的很关心地球，”鸡蛋创新公司总裁约翰·布伦奎尔(John Brunnquell)说。“他们绝对在改变食物链，我认为连他们自己都不知道自己在做什么。”

句子成分分析：

[On a recent sunny day], 13,000 chickens roam over Larry Brown's 40 windswept acres [in Shiner, Texas].

句子语法结构详解：

* roam 为谓语，采用一般现在时。
* Larry Brown's 为名词所有格。a 为不定冠词。

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句子成分分析：

[In barely [more than] a decade], organic eggs went [from beingdismissed [as a niche product] [in natural foods 

stores] [to being sold at Walmart]].

句子语法结构详解：

(went 为 go 的过去式。sold 为 sell 的过去分词。)

* went 为谓语，采用一般过去时。
* being dismissed 为动名词，作介词宾语。该动名词采用被动语态。
* being sold 为动名词，作介词宾语。该动名词采用被动语态。
* being 为助动词。a 为不定冠词。

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句子成分分析：

Regenerative products could be a hard sell, || because the concept is tough todefine [quickly], || says JulieStanton, 

associate professor (of agricultural economics (at Pennsylvania State University Brandywine)).

句子语法结构详解：

* be 为系动词作谓语。
* because 为连词，引导原因状语从句。
* is 为系动词作谓语，采用一般现在时。
* tough 为形容词作表语。
* to define 为不定式，作状语。
* says 为谓语，采用一般现在时。动词采用第三人称单数形式。
* can 为情态动词。the 为定冠词。a 为不定冠词。

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