Barnyard Store
 We've
ventured outside our Farmhouse and into the Vermont Mountain Meadows to find this addition
to Vermont Only
and Mile Square Farm: Emu Products! We've teamed-up with Mill River Emus in Mount Holly,
Vermont to sell these big bird products.
"Emus aren't
particularly cute. In fact, they are odd-looking - with Mohawk-style tufts of hair, stubby
wings, and whiplike necks. So why have thousands of farmers across the country begun
raising these spindly-legged, flightless creatures, investing a great deal of time and
money in their care?
Because they're banking on the hardy birds -
cousin to the ostrich and native to Australia - turning into the next cash cow for the
agriculture industry."
Source: Boston Globe, May 28, 1997


Emu are curious and we figured you would be
too. So, we've assembled some background information about these interesting big birds and
their products -- the latest craze to hit the agricultural and consumer markets.
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