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Frank Reese and his flock of heritage breed turkeys
  • Mar 20, 2023
Frank Reese, Savior of Biodiversity

Saviors come in many forms. For turkeys, it’s Frank Reese Jr., a poultry farmer who has had a fondness for turkeys since childhood and lived life with one focus — save heritage breeds with genetic lines that in some cases date back to the mid-1800s.

Frank Reese’s Turkeys Are Getting Hot by Derek Hawkins
  • Feb 18, 2022
Frank Reese’s Turkeys Are Getting Hot by Derek Hawkins

The heat index at Reese’s Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch in Lindsborg, Kansas, is climbing toward 105 degrees, and the August sun is beating down on the yard where the birds spend their days.

Join Frank Reese at the REGENERATE Conference
  • Oct 22, 2021
Join Frank Reese at the REGENERATE Conference

Good Shepherd Conservancy President Frank Reese and Jed Greenberg will be leading a virtual workshop at the REGENERATE Conference on Monday, October 25th from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm. The workshop will teach participants about how modern industrial poultry hybrids were created, the dramatic impact they have on today’s poultry industry, and introduce Standardbred heritage poultry production as an alternative to that system. 

Frank Reese's Heritage Chickens are Back!
  • Sep 29, 2021
Frank Reese's Heritage Chickens are Back!

After a long wait, Heritage chickens are finally back! Raised by none other than Frank Reese on the Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch, these chickens are second to none. Available in two breeds  — Barred Plymouth Rock and New Hampshire. 

Good Shepherd Conservancy — The Origins of Factory Farm Poultry
  • Jul 30, 2021
Good Shepherd Conservancy — The Origins of Factory Farm Poultry

Frank Reese on the Urgency of Heritage Poultry Conservation
  • May 19, 2021
Frank Reese on the Urgency of Heritage Poultry Conservation

The Bronze turkey is the king of turkeys and the foundation of all other breeds, varieties, lines and commercial modern turkeys of today. My Bronze turkeys have been here on the Kansas prairie for over 103 years and we must not lose them.

A Crucial Project for Food Security
  • May 17, 2021
A Crucial Project for Food Security

Our only poultry farmer and a founder of Heritage Foods, Frank Reese, is doing nothing less than preserving the last commercial flocks of non factory farm poultry in the USA – a sad statement for biodiversity and food security. We've created the Good Shepherd Conservancy — a 501(c)(3) non-profit — to ensure that this alternative survives and grows.

Good Shepherd Conservancy Launch
  • Apr 22, 2021
Good Shepherd Conservancy Launch

Introducing the Good Shepherd Conservancy, founded by the one and only Frank Reese, Jay Greenberg — an aspiring Standardbred poultry farmer, educator, and a notable humane butchery expert —and Patrick Martins — Heritage Foods founder. The Good Shepherd Conservancy is a non-profit organization dedicated to safeguarding and promoting biodiversity through the use of Standardbred poultry and historical purebred lines of livestock for agricultural use. Their goal is to re-shape the poultry industry, pushing it away from the sad, industrial nature of it as it stands today.