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Farm-to-Table Thanksgiving

Local farmers weigh in on the importance of eating consciously, locally

Cayla ClarkNovember 27, 2019August 3, 2025

Every Thanksgiving, Americans consume roughly 46 million turkeys—the vast majority being factory farm-raised, spending the entirety of their short lives crammed into sheds with thousands of other turkeys. They’re force-fed a strict diet of antibiotics including tetracycline, streptomycin and ampicillin, making them more likely to carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Their beaks and toes are snipped so […]

Food & Drink

Restaurants open for Turkey Day

Plus: Places offering free meals this holiday

Keely DamaraNovember 21, 2018January 22, 2025

Don’t feel like cooking for the whole family? Or perhaps you procrastinated and don’t want to face the grocery stores last minute? Here are a few restaurants open and serving dinner on Thanksgiving. If you’re lucky, you may still be able to nab a reservation. Restaurants Open Thanksgiving Day 2018 10 Below | Noon-8pm$52/adults, $19/ages […]

Food & Drink

Let’s Sit Down with Our Partisan Relatives!

Have the Thanksgiving YOU want to have with this guide to places you can avoid cooking

Jared RasicNovember 16, 2016May 30, 2025

Thanksgiving is a tricky holiday. Anytime I’m celebrating a holiday that has some negative historical connotations (I’m looking at you, Columbus Day), I know there’s also a segment of the Native American population that is mourning. Growing up, if I saw a kid crying at the birthday party I couldn’t enjoy the cake. This holiday […]

Outside

Our National Bird

Jim AndersonMay 14, 2014May 30, 2025

Benjamin Franklin, who had a pretty good head on his shoulders, and did a great many good things for our country, liked turkeys better than eagles. That choice almost screwed up the works for having the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) as our National Symbol. Franklin preferred the wild turkey. Now, I ask you, how can […]

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