IN THIS SEASON OF THANKS AND FOOD, THERE’S A MOVEMENT THAT'S GAINING STEAM. IT CONCERNS WHAT'S ON YOUR FORK.

IT'S CALLED "SLOW FOOD" OR "LOCALLY GROWN" AND IT HAS A STRONG FOLLOWING RIGHT HERE IN THE OZARKS.

WE WANTED TO FOLLOW IT FROM THE FARM WHERE IT GROWS TO YOUR PLATE IT'S EATEN.

IN THIS "FAST-FOOD, WALMART-EVERYWHERE" WORLD, THE SLOW FOOD MOVEMENT IS ONE OF THE SHORTEST FOOD CHAINS AROUND.

"here you go guys"

THE TURKEY ON KIP GLASS' FARM WERE ROAMING FREE NEAR BOIS D'ARC IN OCTOBER. BUT NOW THEY'RE LIKELY THE CENTERPIECE ON SOMEONE'S THANKSGIVING TABLE.

KIP AND HIS WIFE JACKIE STARTED FARMING FREE-ROAMING FOOD WITHOUT any CHEMICALS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.

"come on piggy, pig, pigs, come on"

ASK ANY FARMER AND THEY'LL TELL YOU GOING COMPLETELY CHEMICAL FREE IS NOT EASY. EVEN KIP'S DEWORMING MEDICINE FOR THE ANIMALS IS NATURAL, A COMBINATION OF CAYENNE PEPPER AND GARLIC POWDER.

"a lot of sunshine, green grass, chloryphyl .. They like the clovers here"

KIPS LABEL IS "RAISED RIGHT MEATS". HIS CHICKENS ARE A CORNISH CROSS BREED. THEY'RE FREE-RANGE FOR REAL. KIP SAYS THAT'S A CONFUSING TERM FOR CUSTOMERS.
HE SAYS GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES ALLOW ANY MASS PRODUCER CAN CALL THEIR PRODUCT FREE-RANGE WITHOUT BEING TRUE TO THE TERM.

"they can have 20,000 birds in this confined in building with a fenced in dirt yard beside it and under the new organic, free range rules you can open the door up 2 days out of 30 and call it free range"

KIPS PIGS ROAM FREE NEAR THE CHICKENS AND THE COWS FEED NEARBY ON GRASS ONLY.

"they're not designed to eat grain"

KIP'S WAY OF FARMING IS GAINING A FOLLOWING. THOUSANDS HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE "FOOD INC" OR READ THE BOOK "OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA" AND BOUGHT INTO THE SLOW FOOD CONCEPT.

"our business is just exploding"

EVEN IN THIS DOWN ECONOMY, KIP'S PROFITS ARE UP OVER LAST YEAR. PROOF TO THIS FARMER THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO VEER FROM THEIR FAST FOOD FRENZY AND GET BACK TO THE BASICS.

"people are concerned with their health"

EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LOT OF EXTRA WORK TO FARM THIS WAY, KIP SAYS HE WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING.

"we're eating it too, everybody's got to have a purpose in life, here's mine"

BECAUSE KIP'S WAY OF FARMING TAKES MORE WORK AND THE FOOD IS PRODUCED ON A SMALLER SCALE, THE COSTS ARE HIGHER. IN SLOW FOOD PART 2, WE'LL COMPLETE THE FOOD CHAIN FROM KIP'S FARM AND SHOW YOU WHAT IT WILL COST YOU AND WHY CURRENT CUSTOMERS ARE WILLING TO PAY