The plump, big-breasted turkeys that will appear on millions of American kitchen tables this Thanksgiving are far different than the smaller, much rarer turkey breeds that once made up the majority of ...

The plump, big-breasted turkeys that will appear on millions of American kitchen tables this Thanksgiving are far different than the smaller, much rarer turkey breeds that once made up the majority of ...

STURGIS, S.D. – During the COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions in the food production supply chain and workforce sometimes led to empty grocery shelves, pushing some consumers to turn to locally grown ...

Now known as “heritage turkeys,” many of the ancient breeds almost went extinct in the late 1990s. But those colorful, playful and spritely bird breeds are on the rebound as a small group of niche ...

Specific breeds like Black turkeys remain rare; Chocolate turkeys have vanished. The concern now is whether a new generation of farmers dedicated to preserving heritage breeds will step forward to ...

The plump, big-breasted turkeys that appeared on millions of American kitchen tables on Thanksgiving are far different than the smaller, much rarer turkey breeds that once made up the majority of the ...