What is The Golden Turkey Quality Assurance Guarantee?
The Traditional Farm-fresh Turkey Association (TFTA) is a group of independent family-run farms across the UK producing free range turkeys specifically for Christmas – to their Golden Turkey Quality Assurance Growing Standard. Our ‘Golden Turkey’ Quality Assurance Guarantee sets the standard for the very finest quality free range Christmas turkeys.
Turkey, the year-round source of low fat, high protein meat
In the past, the turkey was always seen as a once-a-year treat at Christmas, with nearly 100 per cent of all turkeys being sold during December.
Today many people are making turkey a part of their regular diet. Did you know that turkey breast is the leanest of all meats, supplying just 115 calories and less than a gram of fat per 3-ounce serving (skinned)?
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Farmers see surge in early sales of Christmas turkeys
Sales of Christmas Turkeys Surge Many of our farmers have never had such a busy September. As you may have seen in the media, there has been a surge in early sales of Christmas turkeys which has meant that some of our Golden Turkey Accredited farms have seen their...
Farmer Focus – Great Grove Poultry
Steve Childerhouse is an experienced poultry farmer, producing traditional free-range Christmas turkeys for his business, Great Gove Poultry since 1984. The farm has approximately 35 acres of grassland and woodland in Norfolk on which his free-range turkeys and geese are slow grown in a stress-free environment.
We find out a bit more about our accredited Golden Turkey farmer Steve and his seasonal poultry business…
Farmer Focus – Walter’s Turkeys
Ed Walters is a second generation turkey farmer – their Christmas turkey business Walters Turkeys, is celebrating a fiftieth anniversary this year! Here’s an insight into our member and certified Golden Turkey farmer in Aldworth, Berkshire… When did you become an...