{"id":1867,"date":"2015-10-11T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2015-10-10T09:12:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T15:12:38","slug":"worth-sharing-something-to-be-thankful-for-real-turkeys-make-a-comeback-grist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/10\/11\/worth-sharing-something-to-be-thankful-for-real-turkeys-make-a-comeback-grist\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Sharing: Something to be thankful for: Real turkeys make a comeback | Grist"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/sustainable-food\/2011-11-14-something-to-be-thankful-for-real-turkeys-make-a-comeback\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5901\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2015-04-08_08-43-45-1024x314.jpg\" alt=\"2015-04-08_08-43-45\" width=\"640\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2015-04-08_08-43-45-1024x314.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2015-04-08_08-43-45-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2015-04-08_08-43-45.jpg 1402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Something to be thankful for: Real turkeys make a comeback | Grist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In 1997, The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.albc-usa.org\/index.html\">American Livestock Breeds Conservancy<\/a> (ALBC) took a turkey census. For about half a century, nearly every turkey farm in the U.S. had been raising a breed known as the Broad Breasted White. (This cost-efficient, big-breasted bird has a lifespan of only 18 weeks and can neither fly, nor reproduce without artificial insemination). So when the ALBC went looking for other, older breeds of turkey, what they found was startling: They counted only 1,300 turkeys not bred for industrial purposes. In the <em>whole<\/em> country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to turkeys, or any kind of food, the existence of multiple, diverse varieties (i.e. biodiversity) is crucial to food security. \u201cThe analogy we like to use is a stock portfolio,\u201d says Alis<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5900\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2015-04-07_14-12-02_wm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2015-04-07_14-12-02_wm\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2015-04-07_14-12-02_wm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2015-04-07_14-12-02_wm.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>on Martin, also of the ALBC. You wouldn\u2019t want to put all your savings behind one stock, but \u201cessentially that\u2019s what commercial agriculture has done. In a time of global climate\u00a0change and economic stress, doesn\u2019t it make sense to have options for other production methods?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-1867'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1867);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1867);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(1867);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Something to be thankful for: Real turkeys make a comeback | Grist. In 1997, The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) took a turkey census. For about half a century, nearly every turkey farm in the U.S. had been raising a &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/10\/11\/worth-sharing-something-to-be-thankful-for-real-turkeys-make-a-comeback-grist\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,351],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-1867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-nature-animals-urbanrural-life","tag-animals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-u7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2009\/03\/15\/new-puppy\/","url_meta":{"origin":1867,"position":0},"title":"New Puppy","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"March 15, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"We are getting a new puppy this week. 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