Stillman Quality Meats

I really wanted to support this farm and invested in the meatbucks plan. I ordered a heritage turkey at Thanksgiving ($125); it was promised to be 12 lbs and turned out to be 9.1 lbs. But I persisted and ordered a heritage goose for Christmas ($125). It was promised at 10 lbs and was delivered at 5.1 lbs! In total I got 14.2 lbs of young bird (and that's a lot of bone) for $250. No apologies or even an acknowledgement from Kate Stillman that I had paid a lot for very, very little meat.

I have ordered meat in advance only to find at pick it up that it is not available. It is very difficult to plan with that level of unreliability. (Again, no apologies or acknowledgement of the inconvenience.)

In addition, the butchering is not done very well. The cuts of meat vary in thickness within a single piece, and this makes it impossible to cook a steak or a pork chop evenly.

I support local farmers. In this case I feel very used and disappointed.