Our co-op works with over 400 local vendors and generates $11 million in local sales each year. Last year, local products equaled 37% of our overall sales. Each month, we shine the spotlight on a featured local vendor to help share their stories and celebrate their role in our community. 

To kick off the holiday season we are pleased to feature Stonewood Farm for the month of November. Located on 1,000 acres in Orwell Vermont, Stonewood Farm has been providing Vermonters with humanely raised turkeys since 1976. When Paul and Francis Stone began a dairy farm, they could not have known that three generations later they would be a local institution, gracing tables across New England with flavorful self-basting turkeys.   

Today Paul Stone and his wife Siegrid Mertens, raise and process 34,000 turkeys annually. The turkeys are raised naturally, without hormones, antibiotics or animal by-products added to their feed. They spend their days in spacious open-sided barns with plenty of fresh air and sunlight to help them grow. Because they are given time to grow at a natural pace, the flavor is exceptional, and the meat remains juicy. All their turkeys are raised and processed right on the farm—you can’t get more sustainable than that! 

The Co-op features Stonewood turkeys for holiday ordering. Come on in or order online to reserve yours now. Additionally, we carry their other products year-round, including ground turkey and sausage in our freezer case.