Ohio is No. 8 in the nation for turkey production, bringing in over $153 million in production value to the state according to a study from Trace One.

It also found that those turkeys have increased in size as demand for the product has steadily risen since the 1960s.

And those numbers heavily focus around the nation's popular holiday, Thanksgiving. A report by Pew Research Center shows that the November holiday is celebrated by over 90% of the population in the US.

So how has that demand impacted smaller producers in the state?

A local farm's humble beginnings

Southwest Ohio's Bowman and Landes Turkeys has been operating as a family-run farm out of New Carlisle since 1948.

But the full story of the farm goes back to 1915 when now co-owner, Drew Bowman's great-grandfather David

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