As consumer interest in heritage-breed meats grows, more companies are looking to get in on the market—especially when it comes to chicken. Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats ...

Heritage chicken and cattle breeds are generally better suited to small-scale homesteads than many modern livestock breeds. Their tendency to be dual- or even triple-purpose breeds is a noted plus for ...

Learn about methods for breeding heritage chickens to achieve a hardy and productive flock designed for the modern homesteader. Many of us who keep backyard flocks are aware that industrial chicken ...

Shannin Rettig enjoys raising all types of chickens. She especially loves seeing the different-colored eggs they produce. Along with the standard white and brown, her heritage birds lay dark brown-, ...

The breeds of chicken our forefathers ate, now called heritage chicken, are delicious. They pack a flavor and texture you never knew chicken could have. It’s also important for the environment that we ...

LINDSBORG — When Matt Hemmer was a kid, he would help his dad with the cattle on their family farm in North Dakota. But when Hemmer turned 11, his dad sold the land and moved to Kansas to start a ...

The birds at this flashy restaurant, which has an impressively deep wine list, come from a farmer whose chickens are highly sought-after by chefs in the Bay Area.

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Mark Fonville ROLAND, ARK. -- The city chicken phenomenon shows no sign of waning in Dallas and its suburbs. The Irving City Council on April 6, for instance, voted on the number of hens and roosters ...

BUFFALO, Minn. —By day, Larry Marquette is a science teacher at Dassel-Cokato High School. He also works with the FFA chapter. But his spare time is all for the birds — the birds on his family’s ...