One in three young adults unaware that eggs come from chickens
Published Jun 14 2012, 15:19 BST | By Ben Lee
The poll of 2,000 people conducted by charity LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) found that 33% of young adults aged between 16 and 23 were unaware of where eggs come from. 11% answered that eggs are produced from wheat or maize.
Elsewhere, 36% of the same age group failed to answer that bacon comes from pigs, while 40% did not know that cows produce milk.
Participants in the poll were asked to match images of foods with the animal or crop they came from.
This led to only 41% of young adults correctly linking butter with cows.
LEAF chief executive Caroline Drummond stated: "We often hear reports that our food knowledge may be declining but this new research shows how bad the situation is becoming.
"Despite what they think, young adults are clearly becoming removed from where their food comes from."
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I don't believe this for a second.
October 3rd 2012 at 10:45am
I'm not surprised. People are getting dumber, lazier, and more gluttonous every day. They're proud of how dumb they are, they think it's a sign of affluence. And, sadly, they're right. Have you ever met a rich person with a clue, or that ever had a job? When you are too stupid and lazy to do anything but abuse and exploit others, you end up at the top; because such is the behavior that leads there. I've been declined jobs by people too stupid to read my resume. The dumb are very hateful people. This doesn't surprise me at all.
June 24th 2012 at 9:53am
I except people were taking the pee
June 17th 2012 at 2:48pm
Right, so my 3 & 5 year old children both know where eggs come from, so I'd definitaly say someone's yanking this woman's chain!
June 15th 2012 at 8:27am
Seriously, I find this hard to believe - I think it may have been their way of saying up yours with this stupid survey...
June 15th 2012 at 1:14am(+2 likes)