By Gus Lubin and
Lawrence Delevingne
It's officially turkey time again.
Thanksgiving means cooked gobbler, smothered in gravy, wedged in-between slices of bread, or buried in steaming pot-pie.
So where do those birds come from? Who makes money growing and selling them? And how much?
Not surprisingly, behind those turkeys is a big industry, generating nearly $4.5 billion in revenue for turkey farms and employing tens of thousands of workers.
So here's a quick primer on Big Turkey--the industry that brings you the ritual Thanksgiving bird.
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