Animals

How a Northfield farmer picks which of his turkeys to have pardoned at White House

A man inspects a turkey
John Zimmerman, chair of the National Turkey Federation, inspects a turkey in contention for a presidential pardon with his son Grant at Zimmerman at the Turkey Farm in Northfield, Minn., on Thursday. The bird selected will be granted a pardoned by President Joe Biden during the annual tradition in the lead-up to Thanksgiving.
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