Thanksgiving Pre-orders

***Orders must be picked up at the farm to have them in time for Thanksgiving day. Orders for shipping will not arrive until December.***

The traditional center-piece of a holiday meal, for pick up at the farm on November 23rd or 27th from 10am to noon, or to be shipped right to your door the week of November 11th. Our offerings for 2024 include: Whole turkeys, bone-in turkey breasts, brined bone-in turkey breasts, and smoked hams.

Thanksgiving Fulfillment Dates:

Shipping - Week of November 11th (anticipate delivery on the 14th or 15th)

Farm Pick-Up - Saturday November 23rd from 10am until noon and Wednesday November 27th from 10am until noon

Turkeys

Once you've had one of our juicy, pasture-raised turkeys, you will never go back to a store-bought bird. Our turkeys are raised on pasture without the use of antibiotics. We harvest the turkeys in our USDA-inspected meat processing plant here on the farm. Turkey will include giblets & neck inside the cavity.

Once again, we've chosen to raise our turkeys over summer when our pastures are the most vibrant and we have the most forage growing on the farm. As such, the turkeys are currently frozen. Turkeys ordered for shipping will remain frozen and ship in time to be thawed prior to Thanksgiving. Turkeys ordered for pickup at the farm will be thawed or thawing so that they are ready for Thanksgiving day. Please note that this means turkeys picked up on November 23rd will still be mostly frozen.

We have some 35 to 39 lb turkeys available for sale this year. That is not a typo. They are huge. These birds are not likely to fit in a standard oven, and special accommodations will need to be made for thawing and handling. We are unable to ship this size of birds. They must be picked up at the farm.

• Shipped Turkeys
  • We are unable to ship 35 to 39lb turkeys.
  • Only one turkey fits per shipping box. Orders for Expedited Shipping (2nd day air) will incur additional shipping charges if they contain multiple turkeys.

•     Thawing Instructions for Shipped Birds - Your turkey will arrive frozen the week of November 11th- leaving you plenty of time to thaw your turkey before Thanksgiving. Just follow these instructions.

• • Leave the turkey in its original, unopened plastic.
  • Put the turkey, breast side up, in a tray or pan to catch any drippings.
  • Place the frozen turkey in the fridge. Make sure the fridge is set to 40°F or lower.
  • Allow around 6-7 hours per pound for thawing
  • Here are approximate times to defrost in the fridge for the turkeys, according to the USDA:
    • 15-18 pounds: 4-5 days
    • 18-20 pounds: 5-6 days
    • 20-23 pounds: 6-7 days
  • We have found it helpful to check on your turkey at least 24-36 hours ahead of time to ensure it defrosts at the right pace. If the turkey is still solid on the outside, take it out of the fridge and let it sit at room temperature for up to 6 hours before cooking. While it rests, you should check it hourly to confirm that your turkey is cool to the touch but not frozen.
  • Once thawed, your turkey can stay in the fridge for another 1-2 days before cooking.

Turkey Breasts

For the white meat lovers, we're offering XL turkey breasts this year. These are whole, double-lobed, bone-in, skin-on breasts (think a whole turkey without the wings and legs).

We're offering these breasts as a standard, zero added ingredients, option as well as an option brined with our signature black pepper brine. 

• • Brined Turkey Breast Ingredients: Turkey, Brown Sugar, Salt, Rice Wine Vinegar, Water, Black Pepper, and Celery Juice Powder
    

Hams

Much like bacon, smoked ham is usually, in our opinion, messed up by the industry through use of cure accelerants, yield enhancers, fast turn-over, and liquid smoke.

Not here.

We use time to our advantage, allowing 9 to 16 days for the ingredients to naturally wick their way through the hams. After that, the hams spend 8 to 12 hours in the smokehouse we built here on the farm, where the heat and smoke are both generated by real logs. 

Our holiday ham offerings are "partially cooked". They are intended to be placed in the oven and cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees F for both food safety as well as flavor and texture.

We currently offer two different ham recipes: A traditionally cured 10lb ham, and an "uncured", no sugar added 2 lb ham.

• • 10lb Ham Ingredients: Pork, Brown Sugar, Sodium Lactate, Salt, and Sodium Nitrite
  • 2lb Ham Ingredients: Pork, Salt, and Celery Juice Powder