The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) issued a press release at the end of December to announce that as of January 1, 2025, the final phase of Coloradoās cage-free egg law is now in full effect. Egg cartons will be labeled with āCO-COM,ā āorganic,ā or ācage-freeā on their package, to demonstrate compliance with the law. āCage-freeā does not mean the same thing as āfree range.ā It does mean, however, that laying hens in commercial egg-producing facilities cannot be confined in cramped cages but must be allowed a certain amount of space per hen. The first phase of the cage-free egg law, passed in 2020 as HB 20-1343, mandated that by January 1, 2023, hens must be allowed at least one square foot of floor space.…