WTF News- September 30th

Wild Turkey Farms News- Sept 30

Short & Sweet this week- Been busy getting ready for the farm dinner this weekend & thanks to everyone who's coming. It's shaping up to be a great event. We've got some great new products in the works so stay tuned for details in the coming weeks. Have a great weekend.

On a personal note- Sept 29 marked 10 years of Domisty putting up with me on an official basis. I am truly blessed to have a partner that works as hard as she does to make everything happen. She manages to work a full time job, help at the farm, raise Rosty & Charlie, get up early on Saturdays to work the market, and still hasn't manage to kill me or the dog for getting in the way.....Thanks and I love you Do.


Thanksgiving Turkeys- So far so good. Our turkeys are growing right along just like a turkey should so hopefully we'll have plenty of them this year. As usual we'll sell our thanksgiving turkeys through this email list. We'll have details on price, size, etc coming in the next month.


Davidson Farmers Market (8am-noon)- Come find us in the town hall parking lot and stock up on our delicious pork, beef, chicken, and eggs.

Reminder- We will Not be at either the Elizabeth Ave Farmers Market or at Salisbury Farmers Market this Saturday.



We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM/ EFM
300 East Restaurant- Charlotte
Carpe Diem Restaurant- Charlotte
Black Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
The Sweetest Thing- Salisbury
Bread Riot Coop- Salisbury



Thanks for your support, have a great weekend, and we'll see you at the market.

Lee, Domisty, Rosty, & Charlie
Wild Turkey Farms LLC
China Grove, NC

Just Bear With Me.....

Ten years ago I married my true love, my best friend!

Happy anniversary Lee, I love you!

Last Call

Wild Turkey Farms

Last Call for Tickets - Sunday Oct 2 5:30 pm - Join us for our first WTF Dinner on the Back Forty. Send the kids to the sitter's and join us as longtime friends and WTF supporters Chefs Trey Wilson & Justin Solomon from Customshop restaurant in Charlotte will put a white table cloth twist on a traditional down on the farm pig pickin with fine wines, and local brews in a green pasture setting. Dinner will feature our WTF meats and other local foods from local farmers and fishermen. Tickets are $60 and there are just a few spots left so let us know asap if you still want to come.

thanks

WTF News- September 23

Wild Turkey Farms News- Sept 23


Last Call for Tickets - Sunday Oct 2 5:30 pm - Join us for our first WTF Dinner on the Back Forty. Send the kids to the sitter's and join us as longtime friends and WTF supporters Chefs Trey Wilson & Justin Solomon from Customshop restaurant in Charlotte will serve up so white table cloth food, fine wines, and local brews in a green pasture setting. Dinner will feature our WTF meats and other local foods from local farmers and fishermen. Tickets are $60 and will be for sale at the farmers markets Saturday but seating is limited so make sure & hurry.


Thanksgiving Turkeys- So far so good. Our turkeys are growing right along just like a turkey should so hopefully we'll have plenty of them this year. As usual we'll sell our thanksgiving turkeys through this email list. We'll have details on price, size, etc coming in the next month.


Elizabeth Ave Farmers Market (~9am- noon)- Make plans to stock up this weekend because we won't be at the EFM Oct 1 (since we'll be getting ready for the farm dinner.)
Our friends Chef Charles Catering, Landis Gourmet Mushrooms, Customshop Restaurant, and Stone Seafood are all in attendance so come visit see us on Elizabeth Ave (1 block back toward uptown from Customshop). Email us an order and we'll have it ready when you get there. Customshop plans to break out the grill again this weekend so come by and grab a bite to eat while you shop. The shrimp tacos were awesome last weekend!!!

Davidson Farmers Market (8am-noon)- Come find us in the town hall parking lot and stock up on our delicious pork, beef, chicken, and eggs.


Salisbury Farmers Market tomorrow. 7am-noon To make sure you get what you want, send us an email & we'll have it ready to pick up.



We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM/ EFM
Carpe Diem Restaurant- Charlotte
Black Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
The Sweetest Thing- Salisbury
Bread Riot Coop- Salisbury



Thanks for your support, have a great weekend, and we'll see you at the market.

Lee, Domisty, Rosty, & Charlie
Wild Turkey Farms LLC
China Grove, NC

Thank You!

As always preparing for the KYF (Know Your Farms) Farm Tour is always a busy time. There is always a little grumbling that we don't have enough time to do every thing we want to do around the farm & there are ALWAYS a few snafus to the day but this year just like the past 2 years we had a blast!! We love meeting all of you, getting to talk to you & answer your questions!

As always, we owe a big THANK YOU to our volunteers. There is no way we can do all the work ourselves so THANKS to our cooks, servers & market trailer staff.

This year we incorporated our Open House along with the KYF Farm Tour so we had several of our Salisbury customers & friends make their first visit to Wild Turkey Farms. We are always happy to show off the farm & have everyone visit and learn about the farm & our farming practices.

Again thanks to our volunteers, the KYF staff & volunteers and to all who came out to visit!

WTF News- September16, 2011

Wild Turkey Farms News- Sept 16

Cool weather finally!!! Been a busy couple weeks getting ready for our farm tour and open house Sunday afternoon but we're getting there. Hope everyone will be able to come visit.

Thanksgiving Turkeys- So far so good. Our turkeys are growing right along just like a turkey should so hopefully we'll have plenty of them this year. As usual we'll sell our thanksgiving turkeys through this email list. We'll have details on price, size, etc coming in the next month.


Farmers Markets- We're reloaded with our hickory smoked bacon this week but quantities are limited so reserve yours now!!!

Elizabeth Ave Farmers Market (~8:30am- noon)- Our friends Chef Charles Catering, Landis Gourmet Mushrooms, Customshop Restaurant, and Stone Seafood are all in attendance so come visit see us on Elizabeth Ave (1 block back toward uptown from Customshop). Email us an order and we'll have it ready when you get there.

Davidson Farmers Market (8am-noon)- Come find us in the town hall parking lot and stock up on our delicious pork, beef, chicken, and eggs.


Salisbury Farmers Market tomorrow. 7am-noon To make sure you get what you want, send us an email & we'll have it ready to pick up.





Upcoming Events:


Sunday Oct 2 5:30 pm - Join us for our first WTF Dinner on the Back Forty. Send the kids to the sitter's and join us as longtime friends and WTF supporters Chefs Trey Wilson & Justin Solomon from Customshop restaurant in Charlotte will serve up so white table cloth food, fine wines, and local brews in a green pasture setting. Dinner will feature our WTF meats and other local foods from local farmers and fishermen. Tickets are $60 and will be for sale at the farmers markets Saturday but seating is limited so make sure & hurry.


Sunday Sept 18- 1- 5pm We're on the Know Your Farms Tour again this year. In conjunction with the tour we will hold an open house so come by and see what's happening. No charge for just visiting our farm!!! We'll have hotdogs, brats, and possibly some BBQ available so fill up your bellies then fill up your freezer with some of our great natural meats. We'll also have a locally made favorite "Uncle Scott's Root Beer " available. No reservations necessary just drop by at 1015 Old Cress Rd Salisbury 28147



Tickets are now on sale for the 3rd Annual Know Your Farms Charlotte Area Farm Tour, Go to www.knowyourfarms.com for ticket info.





We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM/ EFM
Carpe Diem Restaurant- Charlotte
Black Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
The Sweetest Thing- Salisbury
Bread Riot Coop- Salisbury



Thanks for your support, have a great weekend, and we'll see you at the market.

Lee, Domisty, Rosty, & Charlie
Wild Turkey Farms LLC
China Grove, NC

15 Kid & Toddler Superfoods

As many of you have heard my spiel at the Farmer's Market you know why we use the practices that we use at the farm. We not only want good healthy food with no antibiotic or hormones added for ourselves as well as for our kids.

So when I ran across this article I thought it made perfect since to share.

A list of 15 Kid & Toddler Super foods as reported by parenting.com:

1.Eggs

2.Oatmeal

3. Fruit

4. Nuts

5. Milk

6. Blueberries

7. Tofu

8. Tomatoes

9. Low-fat Greek yogurt

10. Cabbage

11. Salmon

12. Cocoa

13. Black Beans

14. Basil

15. Cinnamon

The only one that we don't eat at all is tofu. The other items either both or one of the boys will eat. Both of my boys LOVE fruit which I am so grateful. We eat seafood at least once a week (we actually had salmon on Sunday). And of course, we have a steady supply of eggs from our chickens.

Do you ever Google your name?

Do you ever just Google your name?

I do.

I google my name, Lee's name & the farm name. You'd be surprised at what you'll find sometimes. I have found articles that ran in our local newspapers that were picked up by newspapers in Virginia & Florida. I have found mention of articles in other blogs. I even found a comedian who was joking about our MPU.

Yesterday I was looking for a particular item & instead of finding what I was looking for exactly I found this article. It is very interesting so please read it but I will tell you my favorite part just in case you don't read it!

The author is talking about on-farm meat processing and she refers to a story that was featured in the Raleigh News & Observer about our MPU (mobile processing unit). She refers to Lee as " a successful and ingenious North Carolinian, Lee Menius." I LOVE IT!!!

WTF News- September 9, 2011

Wild Turkey Farms News- Sept 9

Another busy week has come and gone and we're nearly a third of the way through September already. Come see us at the markets this week.



Farmers Markets- We're reloaded with our hickory smoked bacon this week but quantities are limited so reserve yours now!!!

Elizabeth Ave Farmers Market (~8:30am- noon)- Our friends Chef Charles Catering, Landis Gourmet Mushrooms, Customshop Restaurant, and Stone Seafood are all in attendance so come visit see us on Elizabeth Ave (1 block back toward uptown from Customshop). Email us an order and we'll have it ready when you get there.

Davidson Farmers Market (8am-noon)- Come find us in the town hall parking lot and stock up on our delicious pork, beef, chicken, and eggs.


Salisbury Farmers Market tomorrow. 7am-noon To make sure you get what you want, send us an email & we'll have it ready to pick up.





Upcoming Events:


Sunday Oct 2 5:30 pm - Join us for our first WTF Dinner on the Back Forty. Send the kids to the sitter's and join us as longtime friends and WTF supporters Chefs Trey Wilson & Justin Solomon from Customshop restaurant in Charlotte will serve up so white table cloth food, fine wines, and local brews in a green pasture setting. Dinner will feature our WTF meats and other local foods from local farmers and fishermen. Tickets are $60 and will be for sale at the farmers markets Saturday but seating is limited so make sure & hurry.


Sunday Sept 18- 1- 5pm We're on the Know Your Farms Tour again this year. In conjunction with the tour we will hold an open house so come by and see what's happening. No charge for just visiting our farm!!! We'll have hotdogs, brats, and possibly some BBQ available so fill up your bellies then fill up your freezer with some of our great natural meats. We'll also have a locally made favorite "Uncle Scott's Root Beer " available. No reservations necessary just drop by at 1015 Old Cress Rd Salisbury 28147



Tickets are now on sale for the 3rd Annual Know Your Farms Charlotte Area Farm Tour, Go to www.knowyourfarms.com for ticket info.





We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM/ EFM
Carpe Diem Restaurant- Charlotte
Black Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
The Sweetest Thing- Salisbury
Bread Riot Coop- Salisbury



Thanks for your support, have a great weekend, and we'll see you at the market.

Lee, Domisty, Rosty, & Charlie
Wild Turkey Farms LLC
China Grove, NC

Remembering 9/11

As we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11 we wanted to remember all those that lost their lives during that tragic event & since then defending our country.

WTF News- September 2, 2011

Wild Turkey Farms News- Sept 2

Fall is in the air finally, well sort of. We've had a few nice cool mornings, cooler daytime temps, and even a few leaves changing/ falling though I'm not sure if it's from fall or just an overall lack of water this summer. This lack of water is starting to become a real problem for our grass fed beef production and we really appreciate everyone tolerating our fluctuating stock of beef this summer. Normally our summer pastures can really pack the pounds on them but this year has even been rough on the weeds which have been drying up. Hopefully we'll have a better fall to finish out our remaining animals and then we can start getting ready for next spring.

As if the hot temps and drought haven't been enough, the corn crop (which is just getting started) is poised to begin at the highest prices I've ever seen (at anytime of the year). When we started raising hogs in 2002 corn was about $2.30 per bushel (that's 56lbs) and soybeans were about $4.50/ bushel. This week's market report has corn at over $8.25/bushel and soybeans at close to $15/bushel and I've heard rumors of $12 corn in Chicago. I joked with another hog producer yesterday that it might be about time to update the resume, but I seriously hope it doesn't come to that just yet. I've been blessed to get to this point in my life where I enjoy my work and have a boss (Domisty) that doesn't beat me up too bad most of the time.


Labor Day is a great time to fire up the grill. Come stock up on chicken, chops, burgers, hotdogs and brats for your holiday weekend (or next hurricane party)!!!


Our Grill Baby Grill Special is back for Labor Day
-Grab a pack of hamburger & pack of American brats for $9.50 or make it hotdogs for $11


Farmers Markets- We're reloaded on the pork chops, ham steaks, brats, and all the pork grilling goodies!!!
Elizabeth Ave Farmers Market (~8:30am- noon)- Our friends Chef Charles Catering, Landis Gourmet Mushrooms, Customshop Restaurant, and Stone Seafood are all in attendance so come visit see us on Elizabeth Ave (1 block back toward uptown from Customshop). Email us an order and we'll have it ready when you get there.

Davidson Farmers Market (8am-noon)- Come find us in the town hall parking lot and stock up on our delicious pork, beef, chicken, and eggs.


Salisbury Farmers Market tomorrow. 7am-noon To make sure you get what you want, send us an email & we'll have it ready to pick up.





Upcoming Events:


Sunday Oct 2 5:30 pm - Join us for our first WTF Dinner on the Back Forty. Send the kids to the sitter's and join us as longtime friends and WTF supporters Chefs Trey Wilson & Justin Solomon from Customshop restaurant in Charlotte will serve up so white table cloth food, fine wines, and local brews in a green pasture setting. Dinner will feature our WTF meats and other local foods from local farmers and fishermen. Tickets are $60 and will be for sale at the farmers markets Saturday but seating is limited so make sure & hurry.


Sunday Sept 18- 1- 5pm We're on the Know Your Farms Tour again this year. In conjunction with the tour we will hold an open house so come by and see what's happening. No charge for just visiting our farm!!! We'll have hotdogs, brats, and possibly some BBQ available so fill up your bellies then fill up your freezer with some of our great natural meats. We'll also have a locally made favorite "Uncle Scott's Root Beer " available. No reservations necessary just drop by at 1015 Old Cress Rd Salisbury 28147



Tickets are now on sale for the 3rd Annual Know Your Farms Charlotte Area Farm Tour, Go to www.knowyourfarms.com for ticket info.





We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM/ EFM
Carpe Diem Restaurant- Charlotte
Black Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
The Sweetest Thing- Salisbury
Bread Riot Coop- Salisbury



Thanks for your support, have a great weekend, and we'll see you at the market.

Lee, Domisty, Rosty, & Charlie
Wild Turkey Farms LLC
China Grove, NC