Order Your Heritage Thanksgiving Turkey Today!

Now, this is slow food -- ordering a turkey early in the year that won't be delivered until November. But it just might be worth it. Marian Burros, New York Times columnist, marveled at Heritage Turkey's "deep, rich flavor -- the essence of turkey."

Heritage Turkeys -- Narragansett, Bourbon Red and Standard Bronze -- are birds that come out of a past rich in regional traditions and small scale agriculture. These birds can fly and breed naturally and are well suited to the small family farm. Now being raised by farmers Frank Reese in Kansas and Mike Walters in Oklahoma, their Heritage Turkeys are direct descendants of the original domestic flocks of these varieties.

When you purchase a Heritage Turkey, you will not only be getting a better tasting bird for you and your family, but you will be supporting a pioneering effort to ensure a future for these nearly extinct heritage birds and the farmers who are dedicated to raising them.

Take part this Thanksgiving in America's rich culinary and agricultural heritage. Choose a Heritage Turkey.

The farmers acknowledge that purchasing a heritage turkey this year will be expensive because the birds are so rare and in limited supply and because they will be shipped fresh via Fedex Next Day Shipping in order to preserve taste and wholesomeness. Each bird costs $63 (an average of 18 pounds at $3.50 per pound) and shipping and handling will be additional. They are sure that as the program grows, the prices will come down.

To order your Heritage Turkey, contact farms at Slow Food's Turkey page. And let Green Guide be the first to wish you a happy Thanksgiving.