Talk of the Town visits with Rachel LaMere of Narrow Gate Homestead to hear how her family raises pasture-raised chicken and turkeys, processes on site, and brings whole birds to local families and markets.

Chicks spend three weeks in the brooder, then move to pasture at Belgium Meadows Farm in Berwick. The flock is rotated daily in custom tractors and fed certified organic feed. Rachel and her husband, Nick, are Navy veterans who built a family-run system focused on quality, transparency, and teaching others.

Where to find their chicken: • Berwick: Badwolfe • Lebanon: Roux's Farm LLC • Eliot: Sturgeon Creek Farm • Farm-to-table events: Dandelion Forest Farm (select dates)

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