Especially troubling is a turkey often referred to as a "bronze turkey," which looks, superficially at least, like the Standard Bronze but has only 1/16 of heritage-breed genetics.

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But in recent years, an unlikely animal is making a comeback, much to the delight of "slow food" fans and epicureans: The heritage breed turkey. Just 15 years ago, these smaller, leaner, free ...

The idea is, since a heritage breed turkey is more like a bird than those chubby grocery store turkeys, and since you know where the bird has been (ie, not locked in a tiny, dirty cage) because you ...

Assemblyman Bob Reilly, background, talks about raising turkeys as a broad breasted bronze turkey is seen in the foregound at the Shaker Heritage Society farm on Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Colonie ...

Unlike factory-farmed turkeys that require mountains of feed and rarely produce young, heritage turkey breeds are often more self-sufficient, better breeders and more efficient growers.

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The heritage breeds include the Standard Bronze, Bourbon Red, Narragansett, Jersey Buff, Slate, Black Spanish, White Holland, Royal Palm, White Midget, and Beltsville Small White.

The Union Market Italian hotspot’s to-go bottega is selling heritage bronze turkeys from small Pennsylvania Amish farms with head and feet still on. Four sizes are available, from 12 to 24 pounds, ...

Frank Reese may be known to the world as a poultry farmer, but he’s truly a turkey evangelist. For four generations his family has been raising the centerpiece of Thanksgiving dinner in Kansas ...