Source: Jodi Helmer, CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS, 11/17/21


In 2020, Jessica Evans raised 75 broad-breasted white turkeys at Evans Family Farm in Mount Ulla, selling out before Thanksgiving.  Evans purchased 120 young turkeys at the start of this season to keep up with demand for pasture-raised poultry for the holiday season. In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, almost all of the turkeys raised at her Rowan County farm have been sold. Evans blames concerns about a turkey shortage for the brisk sales.  “There’s been a big rush,” she said. “I think part of that is a little bit of scare of a shortage.”

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