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East Coast consumers gobble up free-range turkey
December 20, 2019
By The Chronicle Herald
By The Chronicle Herald
At look at how turkey farmers prepared for the busy holiday season.
December 20, 2019
By The Chronicle Herald
By The Chronicle Herald
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On a northern Nova Scotia farm, a gang of turkeys wobbles behind Joe Ebbett, pecking at the grain he tosses from a bucket. It rounds off a diet of fresh greens, seeds and insects.
The white-plumed birds move into a barn as the temperature drops – a shift that changes their free-range status to “specialty range.” But the farmer says allowing them to live longer ensures the freshest turkey for Christmas Day.
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