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Here in Louisiana, we have more than our fair share of delectable heritage foods. Many of them are harvested from the wild. On this week s show, we go Down on the Batture with Tulane University
One of several photographs that Alexander Allison shot of the flooded conditions along the Mississippi River at the turn of the 20th century. Tulane University professor Oliver Houck used this picture on the cover of his classic book, Down on the Batture.
Credit Alexander Allison
environmental professor Oliver Houck. He explains the ecology of this small sliver of land, the bounty of foodstuffs found there, and the opportunities it provides for fringe living.
Museum Notebook: Big bird farming in Whanganui
17 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
4 minutes to read
Made of white ostrich feathers and a white-painted wood frame with a silver embossed decoration, around 1910. Photo / Whanganui Regional Museum Collection ref: 1948.12.7
Made of white ostrich feathers and a white-painted wood frame with a silver embossed decoration, around 1910. Photo / Whanganui Regional Museum Collection ref: 1948.12.7
Whanganui Chronicle
By: Libby Sharpe
Alexander Allison farmed at Letham, about 11 kilometres south of Whanganui. His dairy operation was not paying, so he bought a pair of ostriches from South Africa to start a new enterprise. The birds arrived in Whanganui in 1904.
The Letham ostriches were not farmed for meat or eggs, but to produce ostrich feathers for fashionable hats, cloaks and dresses.