Free-range "It’s a niche market, specifically producing turkeys for the Thanksgiving Unlike their less fortunate brethren who spend their short lives crowded Neal said the diet of premium feed he buys from Canada helps produce from Look a little nervous, don’t they? Who can blame them? Perhaps the least we can do is make sure their short lives are enjoyable and stress-free… Free-range turkeys make up only a small percentage of the nation’s overall production of … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/turkeys.jpg\")
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\n a little nervous, don’t they? Who can blame them? Perhaps the least we
\n can do is make sure their short lives are enjoyable and stress-free…<\/em><\/p>\n
\n turkeys make up only a small percentage of the nation’s overall production
\n of nearly 270 million birds, according to the National Turkey
\n Federation, which had no figures on how many of the more than 6,000 turkey
\n farms are free-range.<\/p>\n
\n holiday," said Sherrie Rosenblatt, the federation’s public relations
\n director. "Some consumers prefer to know that their turkey had the
\n ability to ‘roam free.’ "<\/p>\n
\n in huge barns, Maine turkey farmer Bob Neal’s birds have plenty of room
\n to roam and socialize. The result, Neal said, is a happier turkey that
\n does
\n not
\n require
\n stress-reducing
\n antibiotics given to most birds in their feed. <\/p>\n
\n a tastier, more tender turkey, one that can command a price three or
\n four times as high as the ones lining supermarket freezers. Neal sells
\n his whole turkeys for $2.25 a pound, a 20-cent increase; the stores
\n he
\n supplies charge even more.<\/p>\n
\n the Maine Press-Herald<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"