Fast-growing turkeys may be less nutritious and lead to striped, pale, slimy meat. Heritage turkeys that grow slowly and can reproduce naturally may be a more sustainable option. Before the ...

Kenny Coogan: [00:00:00] One of the interesting facts about the history of that breed is that the US Department of Agriculture Research Center at Beltsville, Maryland developed that breed over seven ...

ROLAND, Ark (Reuters) - P. Allen Smith can talk for hours about saving rare poultry. He also will be eating one of them for Thanksgiving. On his 650-acre Moss Mountain Farm outside Little Rock, Smith ...

LOS ANGELES It's a turkey with a proud heritage, so much so that gourmet cooks seem to be flocking to poultry farms this Thanksgiving season to buy one. Mary and Rick Pitman say the phone at their ...

While shopping for your holiday turkey, other than standard turkeys, there are sometimes heritage or heirloom turkeys on offer. But turkeys are turkeys, so whichever will work, right? Not really!