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The true Heritage Turkey is a product that represents one of the greatest conservation stories in the United States. Once critically endangered, varieties like the American Bronze and Bourbon Red have now been upgraded to more secure population sizes thanks to your purchases.
Our Heritage Turkeys arrive Fresh in ten weight categories to homes around the country on Tuesday November 20th. Birds are shipped via Federal Express next-day air. A tracking number will be emailed to all buyers the week of delivery. A hotline is available during Thanksgiving week to help answer questions: 212-980-6603.
Heritage Foods USA has worked with Frank Reese, the preeminent poultry expert, and Good Shepherd Ranch, a network of fellow farmers, since the Heritage Turkey Project's inception in 2002.
While there are many imitations, our Heritage Turkeys meet the American Poultry Association definition of standard-bred poultry and the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy definition of heritage birds. They are rich, juicy and exceptionally flavorful.
Good Shepherd Ranch was the first turkey farm in the country to receive Animal Welfare Institute's Animal Welfare Approved certification.
Heritage turkeys mate naturally, live long lives, grow slowly, are given the opportunity to engage in positive social interactions and perform instinctive behaviors essential to their health and well-being. They are rare because they have been ignored by industrial agriculture.
Good Shepherd's turkeys have consistently been voted the best tasting bird on the market by chefs and food writers alike. Our heritage turkey was voted the best bird by Bon Appetit, Saveur and Food & Wine. The New York Times' 2006 blind tasting of turkeys, conducted by Marian Burros, confirmed that heritage turkey white and dark meat "delivered the essence of old-fashioned turkyness. The white was succulent; even the richer dark meat was tender. If this turkey were a wine, it would be a fine old red."
Thank you for supporting this, our most important project.