Heritage turkeys: a fast-growing, profitable niche

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:00 PM EST

Article Source: newfarm.org

business, turkey, slow-food, thanks-giving

I really want one of these. large White turkeys taste..BLAND. I want some flavor. :

A Narragansett tom struts his stuff for the camera.

November 21, 2003: This holiday season, thousands of Americans will forgo their normal Large White turkey to enjoy a different kind of bird. "Heritage" turkeys are enjoying a culinary comeback.

Thanks to the joint efforts of breed conservationists, farmers and a consumer's movement called Slow Food, demand for heritage turkeys surged in 2003. A new niche in a corporate controlled market, heritage turkeys are helping bring turkey genetics and profits back to the farm.

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