One of the many beautiful things about nature is biodiversity -- more specifically, the diverse array of poultry breeds. It's becoming increasingly important to pay attention to the breeds that are struggling and finding ways to prevent losing them altogether. In this episode, a friend of the podcast, Jeannette Beranger of the Livestock Conservancy, returns to talk about rare and heritage poultry breeds and which ones are on the Conservancy's Conservation Priority List.

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