Now is the time to start planning your holiday gatherings. Before you go out and buy a frozen store turkey, consider these local family farms by buying a local farm-fresh, pasture-raised turkey for Thanksgiving. Take the Local Thanksgiving Challenge, and support local farms and shops this Thanksgiving.
LOCAL FARM-FRESH TURKEY
Alwan + Sons Meat Company {Peoria} // Call to reserve a fresh or frozen turkey! Order ASAP—Alwan + Sons sell out every year
Bittners Eureka Meat Locker {Eureka} // Hickory smoked farm-fresh turkeys, frozen turkey, fresh farm-fresh turkeys, or BYOT (bring your own turkey) and Eureka Meat Locker will smoke it for you—orders begin October 24, 2024.
Braker’s Market {Eureka} // Hickory smoked, fully-cooked turkeys will be available to purchase along with smoked and spiral hams. Let Braker's Market handle your thanksgiving feast, they'll cook + prepare all the dishes. Orders for Thanksgiving Dinner Kits closes November 19th.
Christ Orchard {Elmwood} // Order your farm-fresh turkey ASAP— taking orders until all birds are reserved
Elmwood Meat Products {Elmwood} // Hickory smoked turkey breast available—preorders begin Oct 31, 2023
Little Blue’s Farm {Morton} // To guarantee your Thanksgiving bird order ASAP and definitely by mid-November. If turkey isn’t on your menu, Little Blue’s Farm offers beef tenderloin and whole hams for your holiday feast too.
Pottstown Meat + Deli {Peoria} // Order ASAP for an Amish-raised, free-range turkey! Turkey breast and honey spiral hams are also available for your Thanksgiving feast.
Prairie Creek Pastures {Tremont} // Reserve your pastured turkey ASAP. These birds are raised on pasture, no antibiotics, no drugs, and GMO-Free.
Raber Packing Co. {West Peoria} // Frozen and smoked turkey available—orders begin November 1, 2023
Red River Farms {Eureka} // Specializing in pasture-raised turkeys, Red River Farms has a first pay, first pick process. So, if your family needs a certain sized bird, it's best to get the order in as soon as possible. Red River Farms will be taking orders until all 60 pasture-raised birds are reserved.
Roth Turkey Farm {Forrest} // Fresh (never frozen), all-natural, processed, federally-inspected turkeys from an all-vegetable diet, with nothing added or injected. Order your turkey early!! Roth Turkey Farm does sell out each year
Yordy Turkey Farm {Morton} // Illinois Made Maker, 2023 // Order ASAP as they sell out every year! The Yordy team will try to accommodate walk-ins, but it won't be a guarantee.
