Good Shepherd Conservancy

USA

The 160-acre Good Shepherd Conservancy in Lindsborg, Kansas raises heritage breeds of chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese. The farm focuses on the conservation of beautiful, hardy, and self-reliant poultry breeds – some found nowhere else in the world – and on creating and maintaining high standards of environmental stewardship and animal welfare. Owner Frank Reese is expanding the farm into an education center to share best practices in agroecological poultry farming and to raise awareness of the value of heritage breeds to small sustainable farms. Learn more about Frank’s work and the role of heritage breeds in local food systems on the Good Shepherd Conservancy website, and in our piece The Architecture of Food Systems on Medium.

Photo by Jim Richardson.