Ostrich, the other red meat

Idaho farmer Alex McCoy could be the ostrich evangelist of America. “I believe in the potential of ostrich to really transform the red meat industry in the United States,” McCoy tells Modern Farmer. “I’m laser-focused on making that happen.” The seven-foot-tall ratites are barely a cottage industry in America. While chickens and turkeys produce white… » Read More

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