A self-described “city boy” created an ostrich farm in rural N.H. He believes it will be a winning business that can help the environment and people’s health. WEBSTER, N.H. — Do you love red meat but ...

A few months ago, I found myself in an unexpected conversation with a woman whose husband raises cattle in Missouri. She, however, had recently raised and butchered an ostrich for meat. It’s more ...

When most people think of farm animals, they imagine pigs or cows. They do not picture 8-foot-tall, 300-pound birds with DNA more closely related to dinosaurs than chickens. Among the homemade jam ...

Recent data from the Agricultural Census shows that while conventional farm animals like cows and chickens are doing fine, exotic animals are on the decline. As reported by the Washington Post, from ...

Ostrich meat has the texture of steak with less fat and more iron. It’s often compared to filet mignon. Local chefs Ingrid Rohrer, of Broken Top Bottle Shop, and Bethlyn Rider, of Bethlyn’s Global ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's hard to beat the succulent flavor of a restaurant-quality ribeye steak, but to switch up your protein for something a bit leaner, why not ...

Monte Cossette has spent the past five years breeding and raising ostriches at HorseFeathers Ostrich Farm in Webster, N.H., and recently started selling the birds' meat, making him the only ostrich ...

New data from the Census of Agriculture shows that in the last 20 years, Oregon has seen some increase in standard farm animals, such as milk cows and chickens, while the number of farms with ...

Larry Davis, who owns the Spring Lake Ratite Ranch, sometimes treats his ostriches and emus less as livestock and more as pets. When he enters a pen of immature, fuzzy-necked emus, he puts his plastic ...

As birds go, few are quite as intriguing as the ostrich. Its sheer size makes it an anomaly as we expect a bird to be small — not to tower over us by over a metre. Its diminutive head sitting ...