Good Soil Farm - Emmitsburg, Maryland

11/22/2025

HELP WITH YOUR THANKSGIVING MEAL!

Casey Mae will be making brioche buns this week, in case you want to add a local, homemade, best-possible-ingredients touch to your Thanksgiving meal! We will also be harvesting arugula on Wednesday for your Thanksgiving salads. A limited quantity of both is available so order now!

We still have turkey (email [email protected] to be sure of what’s available) and our eggs can be used for a lot of fun deviled egg variations.

Thank you for being a part of our community!

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11/22/2025

We still have some of the best-tasting pastured turkey left! Email the McGinleys to reserve a half turkey, turkey breast, or leg-thigh quarters ([email protected]) today.

Check out our website for the rave reviews of our turkey! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

www.goodsoilfarmllc.com/turkey

🦃Thanksgiving turkey on your mind? Well you’re in luck because the team visited Good Soil Farm in Emmitsburg to talk all things turkey!

Check it out: https://homegrownfrederick.com/farming-frederick/

11/22/2025

RACE YOUR FARMER!

On Thanksgiving Day, early in the morning, come join us to run and raise money for the Seton Center Outreach & Thrift Store, which has faithfully met a variety of needs in our local community for many years! We hope you have a chance to enjoy a hearty and relaxing meal with people you love afterwards 🍽️

Casey Mae and Stephen will both be running, and you can choose the 5-mile or the 1-mile race. 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

Register below:

https://www.runreg.com/emmitsburg-turkey-trot-2025

11/05/2025

If you believe in strengthening ties between farmers and their local community, consider a donation to the Adams County Farmers Market this season! In Gettysburg this year, we loved meeting new people at the market, having our kids compete in fun contests, and participating in a grant program that expands access to fresh, local food for families with SNAP!

The giving event is tomorrow, November 6. See below for more details!

10/23/2025

It's a Food Drop day!

Join us at Seton Center at noon for free groceries courtesy of The Frederick Rescue Mission, produce from Catoctin Mountain Orchard Good Soil Farm - Emmitsburg, Maryland, and baked goods from Weis.

This week's protein is sausage from Good Soil Farm, sponsored by the Daughters of Charity!

09/26/2025

The harvest season is winding down, but we hope to still see our community during the cooler months! You can get eggs, bread, and meat from the farm all year long. We strive hard to produce what we believe to be healthiest for our family and for yours, and we appreciate your support as we share the fruits of our labor ❤️

Consider whole or pieced chicken, broth for a soup or stew, or sausage for an any time meal with family and friends.

Consider trying a pastured poultry turkey, raised on its natural omnivorous diet with non-GMO and non-soy grain, and allowed to move as turkeys want to move, for your holiday meals!

Pick up some locally made, gentle cleansing lye soap in unusual scents, either to impress guests who visit your home or as a treat for yourself.

We hope to see you soon!

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09/25/2025

“YOU SPENT HOW MUCH ON A TURKEY?!”

“You spent how much on a turkey?” my wife exclaimed.

“I don’t exactly remember,” I said. This was, strictly speaking, the truth. I did not *exactly* remember how much the turkey cost, but it was more than I was expecting, and far more than I was willing to admit to my wife.

“Bryan, the sticker on the turkey in the freezer suggests that it was more than $180. Did you really spend that much on our Thanksgiving turkey?!” she exclaimed yet again.

“Maybe,” I sheepishly responded.

And thus, over the next month or so, my lovely wife endlessly harassed me on spending way more on a turkey than we had anticipated. “This better be the best darn turkey in the history of poultry,” she threatened, daily, for weeks. She sometimes seemed to take particular glee in mentioning to me the cost of this turkey. She even insisted that we give the poor bird a name. As a result, we named it Marie Antoinette. You see, the turkey had a neck, but no head…

And to be honest, this would be a way better story if we had dropped $180 on a turkey and it were not better than any turkey you could pull from a freezer at Weis for 18 cents a pound. I can hear the story even now. “No, seriously. I’m not making this up. We spent nearly $200—can you believe it?!—on that turkey. And do you know what a $200 turkey tasted like? It tasted like every other turkey I have ever eaten in my whole life! That McGinley character can fool me once, but that nonsense will never happen again.”

The truth of the matter, however, is quite simple. It *was* the best darn turkey we have ever had. It was great on Thanksgiving. It was great the next day on sandwiches. It was great several days later in an impromptu batch of turkey chili. What began in my house as a running joke about an overpriced meal transitioned to a deep appreciation for regenerative agriculture. It might have cost more, but it was not overpriced.

And this year for Thanksgiving? We are definitely headed back to Good Soil for another turkey!

- Bryan, 2024 turkey buyer

www.goodsoilfarmllc.com/turkeys

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09/25/2025

Some of our tomatoes found the rain so funny, their sides are splitting! Follow me for more dad jokes 🍅 😆

-Stephen

09/23/2025

SUBSCRIPTION EGGS!

Purchasing an egg subscription this winter is a great way to make sure you’ll have eggs if avian flu rears its ugly head again! 🤧 Our eggs come to you washed, you can return them if they are pecked or cracked, and our flock has remained healthy throughout the winter the last several years.

It’s also a great way to stay connected to the farm and continue supporting local agriculture after the growing season is over.

Egg prices for subscribers are discounted!

www.goodsoilfarmllc.com/eggs

09/22/2025

AS FRESH AS IT GETS!

It’s time to clear some space in your freezer in preparation for your holiday meals! We are selling both whole and half turkeys this year.

https://goodsoilfarmllc.com/turkeys/

Our turkeys live better AND taste better, eating the omnivorous diet that is natural to them, and having plenty of space to move around. You’ll have to freeze it until you enjoy it, but it turns out that this is still fresher than you can buy almost anywhere else!

Enjoy one for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any old time you feel a hankering for scrumptious pastured poultry.

Pre-order now to save money and pick up the weekend of October 10–12!

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09/20/2025

ALL SEASON FARM!

The vegetable growing season is winding down, but we will continue to offer farm fresh, local products throughout the fall, winter, and early spring!

🍖 We have meat! Check out our website to see all the different kinds!
🦃 Especially turkey, we have turkey meat for your holiday gatherings 🎄🍽️
🥚 Eggs! We offer egg subscriptions, to help your family weather the supply issues from avian flu in recent years
🥣 Broth and broth making supplies from healthy animals with nutrient-filled bones
🍞 Homemade sourdough bread
🧼 Gentle, homemade lye soap to protect your family from cold and flu season germs

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