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This turkey story has happy (and tasty) ending for Colorado Springs family

A few miles down the road, Katie Miller, who owns Heritage Belle Farms, a sustainable farm and ranch, has been breeding and raising turkeys for her family since 2008.

The turkeys live in a chicken coop and pal around outside with ducks and geese. Turkeys are curious, she says, and they explore like it's their job.

"They like to wander, they can be bossy, and they have a pecking order above chickens," she said. "They tell the chickens who's boss."

Miller likes raising turkeys because they are part of her goal of attaining self-sufficiency with homegrown food.

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Launched by Colorado College graduate and Springs native Katie (Rosing) Miller, Heritage Belle has transitioned from last year's veggie CSA to a unique-to-the-area turkey CSA, called the Gobbler Program. MIller will oversee a flock of all-natural, pasture-raised birds to provide locally grown turkeys to Front Range Thanksgiving spreads.

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Launched by 24-year-old Colorado College graduate and Springs native Katie (Rosing) Miller, Heritage Belle will offer its first CSA in 2009. Its model is unique; Miller grazes her livestock and grows her produce on other farmers' land (with permission, of course). Heritage Belle is one of the farms offering meat, egg and flower shares in addition to vegetable and herb shares.