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Top 5 Reasons to Choose a Pastured Thanksgiving Turkey

written by

Meg Peery

posted on

October 22, 2025

If you're like most of our customers, you're more thoughtful than the average bear about what your family eats. 

You've read books...you've seen documentaries...you know why to pick a pastured turkey for your holiday meal. And you know why to get it from a farm like ours.

So, we thought we'd slide out of the way and let you do the talking in this Thanksgiving Top 5!

...according to our customers


#5 Animal Welfare

Our customers say...

πŸ¦ƒ "I like animals being treated well."

πŸ¦ƒ "It's a blessing to know our food is in good hands from start to finish."

πŸ¦ƒ "We came to you because we learned about commercially operated factory farms and the way animals suffer."

πŸ¦ƒ "We are forever thankful for the way you treat the earth and the animals."

πŸ¦ƒ "We believe animals need to be pasture-raised and humanely treated and slaughtered."

πŸ¦ƒ "I was a vegetarian for 6 years for the reason of not liking how meat was mass produced. The only reason I started eating meat again was because of more humane and sustainable options like yours."

πŸ¦ƒ "Ethically, I disagree with factory farming and I wish we could transition our meat system away from it."


#4 Healthier Meat

Our customers say...

🩺 "I loved that I could make broth afterwards with clean grass-fed bones."

🩺 "We buy from you because grocery store meats just aren't acceptable to us. Too many pesticides/herbicides that we try to avoid."  

🩺 "If health is what we want, it only makes sense to eat meat from the very healthiest of animals. That is what you provide."

🩺 "I learned about the better nutrient profiles of grassfed meats and made the switch."

🩺 "Nourishing my body in better ways is a value I hold."

🩺 "I just prefer to have food that is free of additives, and from animals without hormones in their food."

🩺 "We always try to buy the most natural, non-GMO, grass-fed, pasture-raised meats we can find."

🩺 "The COVID-19 pandemic made me realize how special health is and how important what goes in our bodies is."


#3 Top Quality

Our customers say...

βœ”οΈ"There was A LOT of meat on this turkey. My parents typically purchase at a grocery store - those turkeys don’t have nearly as much meat."

βœ”οΈ"Way better texture than a Butterball."

βœ”οΈ"Fed us for multiple meals over multiple days, and kept it's flavor. Store bought would lose flavor by day 2."

βœ”οΈ"Omg, it was worth the money."

βœ”οΈ"5 stars."

βœ”οΈ"Best bird I ever roasted."

βœ”οΈ"More like meat from 30-40 years ago instead of the tasteless meat in the grocery stores now."

βœ”οΈ"Top quality."

βœ”οΈ"No other meat compares."

βœ”οΈ"Hands down the best turkey our family has ever had."


#2 Incredible Taste

Our customers say...

🍴"Flavorful & juicy deliciousness."

🍴"Yummy goodness."

🍴"It was delicious, tender, and juicy!! Everyone was raving about how great it tasted."

🍴"It turned out PERFECT, every morsel disappeared over the TG weekend!"

🍴"The turkey was delicious, amazing, I am speechless."

🍴"In the last years I purchased only organic turkeys from the store and I thought that they tasted delicious. I was so wrong."

🍴"Divine."

🍴"Thank you for making our Thanksgiving such a delicious day!"

🍴"It was juicy and delicious."

🍴"It was perfect."

🍴"Juicy, tender, and lots of leftovers for freezing."

🍴"Wonderful."

🍴"Turkey was awesome."

🍴"Fabulous. Taste exquisite. Bursting with flavor. The ultimate."

🍴"Wow."

🍴"Juicy on the inside and crisp on the outside. Just the way we like it."


#1 Farmers You Trust

Our customers say...

πŸ’—"We consider Jordan & Laura 'our farmers'."

πŸ’—"We stay with you because you are the tried-and-true farm we have grown to love and trust."

πŸ’—"When I was a teen my parents were transitioning to getting meats and eggs from the J&L Green Farm. When I finally moved to Winchester, J&L Green Farm was the only place I wanted to get my meats because I knew and trusted Jordan and Laura."

πŸ’—"I have never had more peace of mind and I never want to go anywhere else for my meats."

πŸ’—"We love you guys."

πŸ’—"Jordan and Laura are great people."

πŸ’—"You all have been very helpful and gracious from the very beginning. It has been a pleasure and a source of comfort and security to know we are on the delivery list each month."

πŸ’—"We love to trust where our food comes from."

πŸ’—"Laura is so sweet!"

πŸ’—"J&L is a place for us to count on."

Why do you choose a pastured turkey? Leave us a comment below!

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