Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
is that the interested consumer doesn't often come to you for your products; you have to
do the footwork to seek out your customers.
Ethnic Specialties
If you live near a large metropolitan area, you may find ethnic groups who are seeking
items that are typical of their homeland. They will pay a fairly good price for specialty
food items that are a part of their daily lives in foreign countries, and especially for the
products used for cultural celebrations and religious holidays. Cultural foods are very
much desired, but often not easily obtained in American cities. Products in high demand
include specialty eggs, dark-feathered chickens (such as Silkies — for their dark skin
and bones), older chickens, and quail, among other items less favored by the mainstream
U.S. and Canadian marketplace.
Australorp
Older roosters and hens
, often considered nuisances and “too tough to cook” by the
average U.S. citizen, are considered delicacies by some groups of immigrants from east-
ern Europe, Latin America, and some Asian and African cultures. From certain groups,
you can get a very nice price for the old rooster and older laying hens that you otherwise
would just dispose of in a humane manner.
Dark-feathered, dark-skinned chickens
are usually in demand among people of
Asian, African, and many Latin American ethnicities. Some breeds to consider raising
for this market are Dark Cornish, Black Australorps, Black Jersey Giants, Black Orp-
ingtons, and even Shamos or Malays.
