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.