Heritage Turkeys Make Thanksgiving Comeback (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – Ben Franklin would be heartbroken to see what has befallen the turkey, that once-tasty and self-reliant creature he touted as America’s national symbol. What graces 99.99 percent of the nation’s tables this Thanksgiving is a morbidly obese, genetically engineered parody of that proud bird. The turkey has become, sadly, a turkey.