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Turkey Harvest Workshop

All ages · November 13 and 14, 2026 · Owens Farm

$55 per student

It’s getting close to Thanksgiving! We have been raising turkeys here at Owens Farm so we can have turkey for Thanksgiving, and we are holding four Turkey Harvest Workshops in November. Choose the session that works best for your family, then come give thanks and harvest the turkeys with us.

All ages are welcome. This is a learning workshop: participants learn how to harvest a turkey, how to pluck it, how to “dress” it (remove the insides), and how to preserve the meat. How you cook it is up to you.

Parents are required to attend with their children. Please bring a lawn chair for each person.

Choose your session

Buy a Thanksgiving turkey

Want a turkey of your own? We harvest it at your session, so you can take it home and fix it up with your favorite Thanksgiving dishes. Bring an ice chest to carry it home.

$45 per turkey

Buy a turkey

What to expect

Harvesting a turkey means taking a live turkey and processing it for meat. Participants see the whole harvesting and butchering process, including feathers, blood, and entrails, along with sounds and smells most people are not used to.

We expect everyone to show the utmost respect for the turkeys and for each other, and to keep inappropriate comments to themselves. We will not say “ew,” “gross,” “yucky,” or the like. We will go over how to respond to all of this at the workshop. Please talk with your students beforehand about why this process matters.

Things to bring

  • A lawn chair for each person
  • An ice chest, if you are taking a turkey home
  • A thankful attitude

Charter school families: you can order the Turkey Harvest Workshop through your school. Navigate to your ordering website, search for The Headmaster and Me, and place your order before October 15.