I think they are one and the same, Shanti. I don't think the meat or eggs taste any different than any other chicken raised in a comparative fashion, but chickens that are "free range" DEFINITELY have a different, and much better taste (IMO) than the chickens that are raised in the "meat factories". I raise all of mine "free range" and although they always have cracked corn available, a lot of their diet consists of grass, bugs, and worms....and even the kids will tell ya that it's the bugs that make em taste so good, lol!!! The eggs are MUCH better as well.....and considering that a lot of the eggs you buy in the grocery store are up to a month old, they're better for you too.