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“Meat” Your Farm – Holiday Preorder Guide

Curious about where your pre-ordered turkey or ham is coming from? Here’s our handy 2023 farm guide!


Sho Nuf Turkey Farm – Fulton, MD (LOCAL)

 At Sho Nuf Turkey Farm is happy to bring you our free range, oven ready, “Sho-Nuf” fresh turkeys.

The turkey operation was started by Ellsworth and Mary Elizabeth Iager in 1938 with the “Sho-Nuf” branding and they are happy to bring their brand back. The 3rd generation is now starting this new venture from placing day old poults in the summer to monitoring the flock and maintaining feed until they process and retail our turkeys to you the customer. They know what makes their turkeys extra special, the family pride in raising and producing a product that is the best it can be.

Their large modern barns allow their turkeys plenty of fresh air and room to roam freely both inside and out. Their turkey growing practices are well thought out and proven to produce the tastiest most nutritious turkey possible. The turkeys’ nutritional needs are overseen by a Ph.D. nutritionist who regularly monitors the flock’s growth and progress.

Your health is their main concern. They are proud to offer a product that is naturally high in protein and low in fat and cholesterol. They uphold the strictest of control to maintain a healthy, clean environment to grow and pamper our birds. Remember, they feed these turkeys to our families too!

They specialize in offering a broad range of sizes from 10-40 lbs. for every family size and holiday occasion.

 


 

Mary’s Free Range/Pitman Family Farms – Central Valley, CA (ORGANIC)

Mary’s Turkeys is proud to be family owned and operated since 1954. Mary’s sons, David and Ben Pitman, are third-generation Pitman farmers who lead the company today. David and Ben have been taught by their father, Rick, who learned from his father, Don, about the importance of animal husbandry and our responsibility to ensure the welfare of animals.

Mary’s Certified Organic turkeys are an additional step up the ladder in humane farming practices. These Turkeys have freedom to move about and receive a premium diet of organic ingredients. Certified organic feeds must be certified by the USDA, and everything that goes into them must be certified as well.

Mary’s Organic promises: no antibiotics ever, no added hormones, no preservatives, gluten-free, fed an organic & vegetarian diet.  Mary’s organic feed is 100% natural with no animal by-products, no GMOs, no pesticide-treated grain, no grains grown with chemical fertilizers, no synthetic amino acids.

 


 

Garrett Valley Farms – Sweedesboro, NJ (LOCAL)

The holiday season is here, which means Garrett Valley Farms Holiday Hams are back! All of their hams are smoked over the finest hardwoods and seasoned with a perfect balance of sweetness and spice. Their hams are also fully cooked and pre-sliced for an easy, ready to serve meal. They guarantee their holiday hams never use antibiotics, growth hormones, added nitrates or nitrites and only come from humanely raised animals. All animals are fed an organic or natural all-vegetarian diet. They’re raised humanely, stress-free, free-to roam, and they always have access to clean drinking water. Whether you’re gathering for a traditional holiday meal or hosting a festive party, trust Garrett Valley Farms to provide quality, delicious hams for you and your family this season!

 


 

Joyce Farms – Winston Salem, NC  (NATURAL)                                                          

Welcome Back to Holiday Flavor with International Gourmet Foods and Joyce Farms.  Their Heritage Black Turkey is a heritage breed, admitted to APA standard in 1874. It is one of the first to be developed from Native American stocks. In fact, it is believed to be the same breed the Pilgrims feasted on during their first Thanksgiving. This breed is well-suited for foraging, and they raise these special birds on pasture, on small family farms in North Carolina; never fed any antibiotics, hormones, steroids, animal biproducts, or artificial ingredients.  These turkeys are processed by hand in their own plant, and like all of their Heritage birds, they are air chilled to preserve flavor, tenderness, and perfect texture.

 


 

Preorder your turkey or ham here!