Let’s talk turkey

We need to address the turkey in the room, and hopefully it’s ours!

Compared to the turkeys in the grocery store, our pasture-raised turkeys are more expensive. That is the reality of the cost of our farming practices- we move our turkeys continually onto fresh pasture instead of raising them in fixed barns. We believe this to be the best way to do it, and we hope we can convince you to host a gathering around a Tailfeather turkey.

As farmers, we have come to appreciate the distinction between the words expensive and over-priced. Our turkeys are expensive, meaning they cost more than what you can find at the store. Over-priced however means you don’t get your perceived value from a thingy, maybe coming from a middle-man’s mark up or just that it doesn’t taste that good!

At $9.99/lb, one of our 16lb turkeys costs $159.84. But, how many people are you having for your gathering? Let’s say you are hosting 12, because you know how to throw a great feast and you are super fun, or let’s say your having 15 of your own relatives over because, bless your heart, you are the only one who really can host everyone and your also organized and probably a virgo. On average, that breaks down to about $12 of turkey per person, and that’s if everyone eats everything, which if you’ve hosted you know you’re going to have leftovers. Trust us- we have between 20-30 for our Thanksgiving, and even we had leftovers (that people fought over to take home). So in terms of the actual cost in meals made and stock saved for epic soups and marriage proposals because your turkey is so damn good…think about how you want to host and how far your food will go.

All we want to say with this price breakdown and verbiage is that when it comes to the cost of hosting a great meal, we want you to know that this turkey is worth it! Share food with your friends, blow their minds, and take time to celebrate — we all deserve it.

Thanks for listening to us and for creating community around food.

We raise turkeys on pasture.

XO

TFF