Learn about how heritage turkeys are a great way to preserve rare breeds and add diversity to your homestead or backyard poultry flock.

You buy charmingly lopsided heirloom tomatoes. You haul massive Hubbard squashes home from the farmers market. So when Thanksgiving draws near, it's only natural that you order a heritage turkey ...

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 ...

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… ...

Peggy Barlett says older varieties of turkey, as well as heirloom vegetables, are not only delicious, but eating them helps keep up demand for resilient and divers crops in a changing world ...

“Heritage” has become a buzzword for discriminating home cooks wondering what bird should grace their Thanksgiving dinner table this season. But while conventional supermarket turkeys cost about $1.50 ...

A turkey is a turkey, right? Not quite! There are actually many different breeds to choose from. Here's the difference between heritage and standard turkeys.

While other tasty turkeys are bound for glory, Tom is staying alive at the McCooks' Glory Land Farms near Blythe.

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.

Narragansett heritage turkeys who make up a breeding flock are seen at Springfield Farm last week in Sparks, Maryland.

S.D. farmers raise ‘heritage turkeys’ to preserve ancient breeds and meet growing consumer demand Now known as “heritage turkeys,” many of the ancient breeds almost went extinct in the ...