It's Turkey Season Again

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October 13, 2023

At Burke’s Garden Farm, we have worked hard to pasture raise some of the finest quality birds for your holiday feast.And, we have Soy-Free options too!!

Our turkeys are a traditional "white" breed not the brown ones you see grazing on your front lawn. We raise ours to mimic their wild habitat with 10-acres of lush high-altitude chemical free grasses and legumes to munch as they run wild, pecking at bugs, grubs, and seeds.

They have access to clean air, spring water, and predators. Yes, we have electric fencing and guard dogs and still we loose a dozen or so each year to these clever coyotes and owls.

With a free and happy life comes some risks. And, we are committed to letting our turkeys run free.

We think our turkeys love it this way.

Better yet, since they are naturally happy and healthy, they produce high-quality, nutrient-dense food for you and your family's feast.

We have two options for turkey this year.

They are both pasture raised as described above, however, supplemented differently.

All of our turkeys are:

✓ Raised on chemical-free, open-air pastures

✓ Free of hormones and antibiotics

✓ Free of steroids and any vaccines to include mRNA

✓ Fed a GMO-free feed

REGULAR PASTURED TURKEY

These turkeys spend their life free-ranging on our grasses, bugs, and grubs and we supplement them with GMO-free corn, soybeans, fish meal, small grains, and minerals.

SOY-FREE PASTURED TURKEY

These turkeys spend their life free-ranging on our grasses, bugs, and grubs and we supplement them with NO SOY. Instead we substitute a GMO-free corn, fish meal, small grains, and minerals.

Don’t wait till November.

Delivery services will increasing become overwhelmed the close we get. And, our turkeys are first come first serve so the longer you wait, the slimmer our selections will become.

Our turkeys range in size from 10-25lbs. If you need a specific size, I recommend ordering now. Inventory is limited.

We work on a weekly order/delivery schedule. Order before Sunday at midnight for delivery the following week.

All of our turkeys come frozen. Keep in mind that, to thaw a turkey, it takes one day in the fridge for every 4-5lb of meat. So, you'll need to start thawing a 20lb turkey 4 days before you need to cook it.

Don't need an entire bird for Thanksgiving?

No worries. We have a big selection of pastured turkey cuts, to include Turkey Bone Broth, Turkey legs, and Ground Turkey.

Don’t do turkey?

We have pasture-raised brisket, roasts, fresh hams, short-ribs, whole chickens, and whole filets as wonderful options on the menu. We look forward to co-creating healthy holiday memories for you and your family!!

Any questions? Please let me know.

Phoenix
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The Greenwashing of Our Foods – Part 2

Last year, I wrote an article titled The Greenwashing of the Organic Food Movement.Click here if you missed it, wish to read it again, or to listen to my podcast with Holistic Hilda. I share many valuable resources that you may want to access.For many years, humans and animals have lived quite robustly without disease, strong and happy on unadulterated animal products and plants in their most natural state. A hundred years ago, there was no such thing as organic because most farms and food were organic.Nowadays, finding food or growing food without chemicals is nearly impossible. We are at war with governments, corporations, media propaganda, and peer pressure. Cancer, auto-immune disease, weak bones, mental disorder, autism, dental cavities, SIDS, Downs-Syndrome, eczema, allergies, depression, diabetes, heart disease, ADHD are epidemic. Every year the AMA announces some new, unnamed unique disease. We have a hard time walking a block, yet alone reproducing.The health of our society and most importantly our children is failing. Disease is epidemic and humans and animals have become dependent on artificial life support from drugs, surgeries, and machines.Click here to listen to my latest podcast with the Appropriate Omnivore. Listen to the Podcast Here I spotlight the allowable exemptions in the USDA organic standards that include chemicals, de-beaking, and irradiation as well as standard practices in the organic produce, grain, meat processing, fishing, and honey bee industry.Did you know that if your organic grains and potatoes won’t sprout, they were likely irradiated?Towards the end, I discuss the current USDA mandated vaccination policy of our American wildlife, the laws in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho that require the vaccination of ALL cattle heifers, and the current air-drop vaccination programs across the U.S. How are shellfish treated? Click Here to watch how our shellfish are “Depurated” ie. sterilized both chemically and with radiation to protect us from harmful microbes. They are bathed in chlorinated, anti-microbial water for 2-3 days and irradiated to kill the bacteria before they ship to your grocery store to ensure we get sanitary, bacteria-free food. What they don’t disclose is that the microbes are there to decompose the toxic chemicals from industry in our waterways. And, their depuration process does NOT remove any heavy metals, petroleum, or chemicals from the shellfish. Thus, it is more likely that if someone was to get sick from seafood, it is from eating the chemical pollutants, not from the fish or the microbes. Scallops without any additives are called "dry-packed", while scallops that are treated with sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) are called "wet-packed". STPP causes the scallops to absorb moisture prior to the freezing process, thereby increasing their weight. So, buy shellfish directly from the fisher or dry- packed, and don't eat from the Gulf of Mexico, near big cities, or toxic waste dumps like the James River in VA or New Jersey or Boston. Best to procure from PEI, Maine, NC, and a few select places in the Pacific Northwest.Currently, oysters are NOT depurated. So, go with oysters over clams, scallops, or mollusks.Clean food and healthy children or going extinct, however, I’m an “apocaloptimist”. It doesn’t look good, but in the long run, good will prevail.It takes vision, perseverance, courage, and hard work to find and grow food that is actually food.Are you down for the challenge? A healthy future for our children, aligned with the wisdom of nature, depends on us. If you want clean food, Burke’s Garden Farm and Alpine Heritage Creamery are both “Beyond Organic”. All our animals are outdoors getting fresh grass, haylage, grubs, sunshine, fresh air, and fresh water from the creeks and springs in a high-elevation circular valley surrounded by mountains, protected from city or industrial pollution. Simply Grassfed animals DO NOT eat GMO feeds or receive Growth Hormones. All our dairy cows are tested A2/A2 Beta-CaseinAll our cheeses are made with NON-GMO-Pfizer rennets. Click Here to read moreAll our cheeses are raw, never exceeding 102 degrees.Our butcher cleans our meat with either apple cider vinegar or water.We ship our products in biodegradable or recyclable cardboard insulated boxes in the Winter and ship with dry-ice when we can to minimize the plastic gel packs filling up the landfill. Click Here for an updated Healthy Products Resource List. In Optimal Health,Phoenix

Bulk Up on 100% Grass Fed Beef

This Spring has been bountiful with rain and our pastures are lush! This means our animals are also flourishing on green orchard grass, red clover, white clover, fescue, blue grass, dandelion, nettle, violets, burdock, thistle and more!!! Our meat will be as nutrient-dense as ever this year. And, we predict a good hay season to stock up for the Winter.

Our Babes are Back on Grass

Thanks to a warm and wet Spring, our animals are back to rotational grazing on our delicious dark green pastures of orchard grass, clover, dandelion, blue grass, thistle, and other nutritious grasses, legumes, and herbs.