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Turkey Farms Dedicated to lewis chapman This might seem like quite a random article: after all, who cares about turkey farming? Well, after a conversation with a friend about his favourite topic, I realised that the journey your turkey takes to get to your Thanksgiving plate or your Christmas dinner is pretty crazy considering we just ignore it - again, a special thanks to Lewis Chapman (with some help from Mrs Hardwick), as without him I would never have discovered the hidden world of farming. Disclaimer: Vegetarians may find some parts of this disturbing, sorry… Step 1: The Farms When I say ‘turkey farm’, you probably think of a field with some clucking birds in it. In the sad reality, most turkeys come from battery farms - rows of tightly packed cages in dirty conditions, where the sole purpose is to fatten up the poor birds to be sold for high prices at low costs. However, there is a better option, with cleaner conditions and, more importantly, with the turkeys able to wander freely - free range turkey farms. These farms are fighting a price war against the battery farms, and gaining sales and popularity each year (after all, a happy turkey is definitely better than a cheap one from a battery farm). Once 10 million of these turkeys (yes, 10 million - and that’s each year) are eventually killed, they are drained of blood, plucked and prepared, they are ready to move onto the next phase of their journey. Step 2: The Voyage I’m sure this might be shocking for some of you, but not all turkey farms are located in the UK; turkey farming is an international business, and in order for that lovely turkey to travel from Peru to your local Tescos, they need to be flown. Cargo planes provide transport for approximately 7 million turkeys each year, travelling across continents just to get to a shop near you. However, it's not like the planes go directly to the shops (my Sainsbury’s definitely doesn't have a runway). After spending an average of five hours travelling in these cold cargo planes, these turkey planes touch down at the airport, ready to move to their next location.
Step 3: The Fridge When frozen peas defrost, lots of water condensates around the bag. A similar thing happens to the turkeys when they are moved out of the plane - except because they were once living animals, the water forms inside the turkey, which is a problem; soggy turkey is pretty gross. Due to this, they have to be moved extremely fast into refrigerated vans or lorries, and then transferred into what are essentially massive fridges. These gigantic warehouses are home to the turkeys until they are needed in supermarkets. Once the time comes, dozens of workers hastily move the turkeys back into ice-cold vans, and whisk them off to the supermarkets where they are subsequently sold to us. Step 4: The Dinner It is pretty self-explanatory what happens next - the turkeys are bought, cooked, and eaten - and the meal only lasts a couple of hours at most. These turkeys may have spent a few weeks travelling just to get to your plate. So when you tuck into your Christmas dinner, remember what the turkey’s been through to reach you - a life of a few years on a farm, then a long trip to a warehouse, then another trip to a shop. Generally speaking, the entire process of producing these turkeys for your dinner takes about two years and nine months. These turkeys are ultimately bred to be eaten by you - let's make all of those months of travel worth the wait, and eat a fantastically free range turkey this Christmas.
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