ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (RFD-TV) — A turkey farm in rural Virginia is raising birds much the same way growers did 200 years ago.
The Virginia Farm Bureau visited KellyBronze Turkeys, a first-generation farm operated by Judd and Cari Culver. After meeting the Kelly family in the United Kingdom, the couple brought the birds back to North America and began raising them using traditional methods.
Their turkeys are raised outdoors and dry-aged after processing, with everything from breeding and hatching to shipping handled on the farm.
According to the latest USDA Census of Agriculture, more than 23,000 U.S. farms raise turkeys.
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