Idaho Preferred Direct Buy Holiday Meat Guide: Poultry
This holiday season get your Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey from one of Idaho’s many poultry producers for some of the best meat you’ll have this year. Get the summer’s freezer ready during the holiday so you can enjoy Idaho poultry all year long!
A+ Ranch Organic Meats – Richfield
Organic Whole Turkey
From about 6 weeks of age the barn doors are opened and our turkeys live outdoors. A diet of certified organic non-GMO grains and high-quality pasture forages create a slow, steady and natural growth. A+ Ranch Turkeys spend their days chasing grasshoppers in the sunshine and nights perched on roosts under the stars. Their philosophy is to raise thriving, healthy animals, which in turn provide wholesome, nutritious food for our family and yours.
Hen & Hare Microfarm & Apis – Boise
Turkey Deposit
Guarantee your place on our turkey list! You’ll get first dibs on a local, pastured turkey. Turkeys are fed a corn and soy-free diet. Sizes range from 11 lbs on the small end, up to 20 lbs. We’ll try to work with you to get the size of bird your family needs for the holiday!
Hipwell Ranch – Oreana
Chicken and Turkey
Hipwell Ranch has both turkeys and chickens for all of your favorite poultry recipes. Their birds are pasture raised with no antibiotics, no hormones and are non-GMO. Hipwell Ranch does its best to raise nutritious birds and continue sustainable farming practices.
Little Cow Mountain Farm – Middleton
Pastured Poultry
Little Cow Mountain Farm rotate their birds daily to ensure that they have fresh pasture to enjoy! They also are using a local blend of feed that was developed in Meridian for nutritious addition to the birds diet. Get your birds this holiday season for those closest to you!
Red Star Ranch – Hazelton
Pastured Poultry
Red Star Ranch says “bug eating, grass foraging, fresh air breathing poultry. Simple….and the result is tasted in every bite. Hand processed in small batches, our poultry changed how I think about chicken and turkey. I will never use the phrase ‘It tastes like chicken’ again. Tender and bursting with flavor, chicken has a new place at the dinner table.”
Rocking 5 S Farms – Emmett
Pasture-Raised Poultry
Rocking 5 S Farms has pasture-raised, non-GMO chicken and turkey; tender, juicy, and extremely flavorful. They strive to fill your fridges and freezers with the best meat they can produce for the Treasure Valley and beyond. Get yours now so the holidays are filled with the amazing taste and smell of pasture-raised poultry!
