Georgia Stories 107: Bird Food




Georgia Stories Video show

Summary: If you are driving along a Georgia highway, don’t be surprised if you see an ostrich, emu, or rhea. These exotic birds are being raised on farms for sale to restaurants as food. Today, there are about 11,000 farms in Georgia raising these birds. In this episode, Fowler Farms (Albany) owners Suzanne Shingler and Wayne Fowler discuss the economic feasibility of raising ratites. In one sequence, we see how eggs are hatched. Yvonne Jones, of Agricultural Services and Investment discusses ratite products. At Carr’s Steak House, diners tell us how the birds taste