The Niman Turkey Project
The Atlantic's new food site launched today, and includes a piece by Bill Niman, the Marin rancher recently divorced from his famous Niman Ranch meat company.
Niman's latest project, a turkey farm, got underway last spring when he picked up a bunch of chicks from Bill Reese's Kansas farm, and brought them back to Bolinas:
In a rented car, we placed 225 newly hatched baby turkeys (called "poults") on the back seat and raced toward California. We took turns driving and headed west through five states with only brief stops for food and bathroom breaks.Wonder if he went for the supplemental damage insurance on that car.
A year later, Niman is ready to start breeding the turkeys himself, his imported birds having reached maturity. Will he rent them motel rooms?
Starting a Traditional Turkey Flock [Bill Niman/Atlantic]
Previously:
Where Will We Be Without Bill Niman? [MenuPages: San Francisco]
MenuPages Interviews: Unterman On Niman [MenuPages: San Francisco]
[Photo: Via teddy llovet/flickr]
