At Elmwood Stock Farm, we are now taking pre-orders for our organic specialty breed turkeys. We take orders by phone or email prior to the holidays, and payment is made at pickup or prior to shipping. All of our turkeys are processed under USDA organic inspection and will be freshly frozen for food safety.
LOCAL PICKUP for 2016:
Turkeys can be picked up
(1) in Lexington the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving (Nov. 19th this year) at the downtown Lexington farmers market;
(2) at the farm outside of Georgetown on Friday or Monday (Nov. 18th or 21st);
(3) in Cincinnati on Thursday Nov. 17th at the Madeira Farmers Market or Sunday November 20th at the Hyde Park Winter Farmers Market; OR
(4) in Louisville on Thursday morning Nov. 17th.
SHIPPING for 2016:
Shipping is also available within the Continental US for an additional fee for insulated packaging and UPS 2 Day. The amount will vary depending on your location and size/weight of your turkey. Click here to visit Local Harvest for shipping quotes and to place an order for our turkey to be SHIPPED to you.
As one of only a few farms in the US to raise organic certified heritage breed turkeys, we are proud to have these special turkeys to offer. We appreciate your interest in serving a locally produced, organic turkey – you can taste the difference and you will know you are serving the best!
Elmwood's Heritage Breed Turkeys are Recommended by Cook's Illustrated, the only Organic Turkey to receive such distinction. "This turkey was “supertender and juicy,” with white meat “so rich in flavor that it tastes like dark meat.” The dark meat was even more tender and flavorful, prompting one taster to ask, “Is this dark turkey or pulled pork? So fall-apart tender that it’s almost shredding itself.” “Rich without gamy notes,” the meat had a “texture like velvet.” Click Here to read the review.
ALL TURKEYS at Elmwood Stock Farm in Scott County outside of Georgetown are
Organic Certified free ranging turkeys that are raised outdoors on grass
pasture. They are raised the old-fashioned way, on fresh green grass and clover
pastures with wholesome grains, resulting in moist, flavorful turkey. Not only
are Elmwood turkeys raised naturally, free from any synthetic inputs, flavor
additives, or stimulants, but everything that every turkey eats is organically
raised grain or grass pasture.
Pasture-based grass farming has recognizable health benefits resulting in a product with good saturated fats and high omega-3 fatty acids. The use of certified organic grain means our turkeys are more expensive to produce, but you can take comfort knowing no GMO grain and no synthetic chemicals are used in your food. Organic Certification ensures third party verification of our production practices and ultimately results in better health for you and your family this Thanksgiving season.
Pasture-based grass farming has recognizable health benefits resulting in a product with good saturated fats and high omega-3 fatty acids. The use of certified organic grain means our turkeys are more expensive to produce, but you can take comfort knowing no GMO grain and no synthetic chemicals are used in your food. Organic Certification ensures third party verification of our production practices and ultimately results in better health for you and your family this Thanksgiving season.
HERITAGE
Breed -- A heritage turkey is not one particular breed, but made up of a group
of breeds. At Elmwood, we care year-round for our own breeding flock in order
to raise Narragansett (the oldest
known American turkey breed), Slate turkeys (found on Slow Food’s
Ark of Taste that promotes the survival of near-extinct foods), and a few Bourbon Red turkeys (named after neighboring Bourbon County KY).
Some characteristics that distinguish these very rare Heritage turkeys from the standard broad breasted variety are slower growth, more proportionate breasts to legs, and the ability to naturally breed. There is a better balance between the dark meat and white meat, which means roasting a bird to perfection is much easier, and the meat has a richer flavor.
Heritage turkeys will never be as
large as broad breasted turkeys, though they eat certified organic grain and graze our grass and legume pastures, resulting in the healthiest, most flavorful, best turkey you will
ever taste.
Heritage Breed Organic Turkey 2016 Season, price for local pickup:
Expected dressed weight: under 7 pounds - $ 69.00
Expected dressed weight: 7 – 8.9 pounds - $ 109.00
Expected dressed weight: 9 – 10.9 pounds - $ 129.00
Expected dressed weight: 11-13.9 pounds - $ 149.00
Expected dressed weight: 14 - 16.9 pounds - $169.00
Contact Elmwood Stock Farm
Expected dressed weight: under 7 pounds - $ 69.00
Expected dressed weight: 7 – 8.9 pounds - $ 109.00
Expected dressed weight: 9 – 10.9 pounds - $ 129.00
Expected dressed weight: 11-13.9 pounds - $ 149.00
Expected dressed weight: 14 - 16.9 pounds - $169.00
Contact Elmwood Stock Farm
STANDARD Broad Breasted Breed – These broad breasted bronze turkeys are similar
in size and shape to a supermarket purchased turkey, but the similarities end
right there! Our turkeys are raised outdoors in our pastured system that
provides a diet enriched by grasses, fresh air, adequate exercise, and
sunlight. Our bronze feathered turkeys free-range on fresh green grass or
clover pastures supplemented with wholesome organic grains, resulting in moist,
flavorful turkey.
Standard Broad Breasted Bronze Organic Turkey 2016 Season, price for local pickup:
Expected dressed weight: 17 - 18.9 pounds - $ 129.00
Expected
dressed weight: 14 – 16.9 pounds - $ 119.00
Expected dressed weight: 12 – 13.9 pounds - $ 109.00
Expected dressed weight: 22 - 24 pounds - $ 139.00
Expected dressed weight: 25 - 29 pounds - $149.00
Expected dressed weight: 12 – 13.9 pounds - $ 109.00
Expected dressed weight: 22 - 24 pounds - $ 139.00
Expected dressed weight: 25 - 29 pounds - $149.00
The
costs of cheap food are hidden in healthcare, environmental cleanup, and
dependence on pharmaceuticals. You might have heard the phrase “Visit the farm,
not the (f)pharmacy,” to establish a personal path between good nutrition and
good health. The many months to care for heritage turkeys and the use of
certified organic grains for better animal health results in high production
costs. The resulting high purchase price for specialty turkeys reflects the
true costs of safe and wholesome food.
When Slow Food USA added American heritage turkeys to its Ark of Taste, it tremendously helped to spread the knowledge that eating these turkeys is necessary in order to support the maintaining of breeding birds and moving the breeds to lesser degrees of endangerment.
To learn more about Heritage Turkeys visit the
website for the American Livestock Breeds Conservatory. As more is known about vanishing breeds of
heritage livestock, efforts are underway to promote awareness and prevent the
extinction of animals like Bourbon Red, Slate and Narragansett turkeys.
The Louisville Courier-Journal visited the farm last fall and here is a video they made of Elmwood's farmer and turkeys.
Contact Us to let us know what size turkey to reserve for you and when you want to pick it up!
Contact Us to let us know what size turkey to reserve for you and when you want to pick it up!
Elmwood Stock Farm is located outside of Georgetown, Kentucky. The family farmers manage 550 acres and produce USDA Certified Organic grass-fed Beef, Poultry, Lamb, Eggs and Vegetables. Elmwood offers a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm Share program and attends the Lexington Farmers Market each week, open year round on Saturdays downtown. To purchase items outside of CSA and farmers market, contact the farm.
