Caringa North America
650 Riverbend Drive N2K 3S2 Kitchener, ON, Canada

Hailing from France, the Artisan Gold is reminiscent of a more traditional era, with old-world traditions and artisan values. The Artisan Gold has black feathers, unique colouring in the face and feet, long black legs, and a pronounced beak. The Artisan Gold thrives in a free-range or custom environment where it can express natural tendencies such as roaming and roosting.

Did you know: The Orlopp Bronze was the first specialty turkey breed that was offered as an alternative to the traditional, large white turkey. So you could say that the Orlopp Bronze is the breed that started the premium breed turkey market with Caringa here in North America.

Caringa is proud to introduce our three rare turkey breeds: the Orlopp Bronze, MiniCLASSIC, and Artisan Gold

The Artisan Gold is a rare breed that is small in size and slow growing. It has black feathers, unique colouring in the face and feet, long black legs, and a pronounced beak. The Artisan Gold thrives in a free-range or custom environment where it can express natural tendencies such as roaming and roosting. The Artisan Gold offers a robust, gamey taste that is exotically different from traditional turkeys currently in the market. With its unique and uncommon characteristics, the Artisan Gold is a standout on any farm or dinner table. The Artisan Gold is reminiscent of a more traditional era, with old-world traditions and artisan values. With heritage tracing back to the Landes, Aquitaine region of France, the Artisan Gold is from a country renowned for its dedication to taste, uncompromising quality, and high standards.

With its compact confirmation, the MiniCLASSIC is a smaller bird that has all of the heartiness found in a larger celebration bird. The small size of the MiniCLASSIC offers maximum harvesting flexibility and operational efficiency without sacrificing meat quantity or quality. The MiniCLASSIC thrives in specialized or free-range operations, and is the perfect complement to any farm. As a smaller choice, consumers will embrace the MiniCLASSIC for its convenient-to-cook size ...that delivers a high quality, succulent taste with appealing table presentation that is perfect for the most prestigious family celebrations. The MiniCLASSIC is a small sized turkey that offers big advantages. Small, stocky, and robust, the MiniCLASSIC has been carefully bred to deliver all of the desirable characteristics that turkeys have historically been appreciated for. Having been a part of the Hendrix Genetics collective gene pool, Caringa has developed this traditional breed to offer the marketplace a smaller alternative turkey.