BY LOCAL FOOD ALLIANCE
With Thanksgiving just three weeks away, it’s time to tag your turkey. Treat your family and friends to “sustainable” meat – no antibiotics, hormones or chemical additives. Enjoy a bird raised without harm to itself or the environment, by a local community member.
As your Thanksgiving feast includes more than just turkey – sides, pies and accoutrements – choose fresh, locally grown ingredients that are packed with flavor from recent harvesting. Or relax and let a talented local chef do the work for you!
Here is a quick guide to LOCAL Thanksgiving classics:
Sustainably raised Thanksgiving turkeys from Prairie Winds Heritage Farm will put your mind at ease. It doesn’t get much fresher than their free-range heritage and broad-breasted turkeys! Other Kraay’s Market Garden and Oak St. Market fresh produce, prepared foods, and accoutrements are also available.
Idaho’s Bounty will deliver to your door––the week or the day before Thanksgiving – fresh, local, pastured turkeys for $5.06 per pound. Order online at idahosbounty.coop.
Now through Thanksgiving, the Wood River Sustainability Center in Hailey has frozen, local, organic turkeys for $4.25 per pound ($50 deposit). Chef/owner Al McCord will prepare homemade gravy, stuffing, Brussels sprouts, mashed Yukon gold potatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, and apple and pumpkin pies with homemade crust.
Rasberrys in Ketchum is offering full holiday catering including cooked turkey ($10 per pound), potatoes, stuffing, squash, cranberry sauce and a variety of homemade pies: rasberrys.net/holiday-menu.
On Nov. 2, Atkinsons’ opens orders for organic free-range turkeys from California. Organic Idaho turkeys will be based on availability––not unusual when sourcing locally. Inquire at their meat counter.
Bigwood Bread will offer pies and an artisan bread––as well as holiday catering. Call or stop by the Ketchum industrial location to pre-order.
LFA appreciates your attention to the positive impact of fresh, local food!
Local Food Alliance is a nonprofit whose mission is to create a vibrant local food system in the Wood River Valley. For more information, visit localfoodalliance.org.