Where to find a fresh turkey on Long Island
Photo by Doug Kuntz
Harvest time means more than mums, apple pies and roasted corn by the roadside. Turkeys are one of the lesser-known, yet plentiful harvest items available at Long Island farms. Three Long Island farms are selling fresh turkeys this year, listed below.
The Long Island turkeys are all free-range birds raised on farms - not the wild turkeys that roam some parts of the East End. Aficionados say the fresh birds are more delicious, healthier and faster to cook than frozen, mass-produced turkeys.
"They are all natural, no hormones, no antibiotics," said Christina Makinajian of Makinajian Poultry Farm in Huntington, which has been selling fresh turkeys since the 1970s. Makinajian added that fresh turkeys "haven't been injected with any juices that contain preservative . . . it's just a clean turkey."
Click on the links below to find 2010 information, including price per pound and purchase details.
--Compiled by Jim Merritt
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Makinajian's Farm 276 Cuba Hill Rd. Huntington Two generations of the Makinajian family run a four acre certified organic farm. Fresh turkeys ...
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North Sea Farms 1060 Noyac Rd. Southampton This 10-acre East End farm, founded in 1945, has been selling fresh turkeys for 25 ...
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Will Miloski’s Poultry Farm 4418 Main Rd. (Route 25) Calverton East End farm that sells fresh turkeys around Thanksgiving. ...
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