Reviews for: Swain Family Farm

Always a top food stop with high quality, delicious vegs, eggs, meats plus. Stephanie does a great job producing and displaying her fresh nutritious foods for pickup.

Having discovered Stephanie's ranch years ago I can say everything she produces is excellent quality. The vegetables and fruits are ever appearing on the purchase table making for great side dishes along with her excellent meats. Its like a personalized farmers market.

I am so pleased to have found you Stephanie! Last year was the 1st time I had a turkey from a small farm where I picked up my turkey the day before Thanksgiving. It was the best turkey I've ever had in my life .... absolutely! I hunted for a couple of hours before I found your farm. I wanted to do the same thing this year and the place I purchased my turkey from last year did not raise turkeys this year, to my dismay. I am absolutely delighted to have met you yesterday and I love that I was able to pick up some beautiful produce and make a gorgeous Greek dinner for my family. I am so looking forward to preparing you're wonderful small farm raised turkey this year and I will be back year after year I'm sure.

I will be back after Thanksgiving to report on your wonderful tasty turkey. Chef Peach 🍑

All I can say is Wow I made 1 chicken into a Yummy Soup and used my Bone Broth that I had made earlier in the Year....I baked another Chicken in the oven and I will tell you the Sweetness and Juiciness from Stephanie?s Chicken are incredible.....Being a Chef I know this is an Outstanding Chicken.....These Chickens have been Raised with Great care and the proof is in the Product.....Thank you for such a wonderful Product and I am so glad that I found you....

A couple years back, on my search for eggs and chicken to my liking, Stephanie welcomed my list of inquiries about her feed and practices for raising her chickens. I appreciated the transparency and integrity in her practices, and allowing me to visit the chickens as well. It is an honor supporting local farms like this, with the opportunity to enjoy a direct relationship with the people raising the food I eat with love and intention!

This Thanksgiving, we chose to get a heritage turkey from Stephanie's farm, after having read their great reviews. We knew we wouldn't be disappointed, but actually we were amazed by the rich flavor of the bird. Also, using the offal, neck and feet for the stock gave a wonderful, tasty result. This is what real food should taste like. Thank you, Swain Farm!

I've been buying eggs from Stephanie a few years along with the occasional produce and plants. But recently we discovered her wonderful beef and as my meat loving wife said "Its the best I've had since coming from England". Kudos to reach that level with Lisa and for all the other wonderful produce and eggs we enjoy. The quality of your products shows the care and science you put into your products. Thank you.

My husband and I purchased Swain Family Farm Rib Eye Beef for a special occasion- the cuts were absolutely beautiful. We grilled the meat and found it to be the most tender and delicious beef we have ever enjoyed. Equally important was knowing the source of the beef and the humane way the animal was raised. The Swains are dedicated farmer/ranchers who honor the dignity of their animals and clean farming methodologies.

We purchased a Naragansett heritage turkey for Thanksgiving from Swain Family Farms. After having used our Weber bar-b-que to cook ever turkey for the past 25 years, we have had some really great birds, but this year was by far the VERY BEST turkey we have ever had. It was the juiciest, had the best flavor and was just an amazing bird. We will always get our turkey from Swain Family Farm.

Thank you Stephanie. Was lean and lots of meat. Our kids said it was the best turkey so far, stayed moist and full of flavor. Also enjoying the zucchini and peppers. Certainly hope to see you again soon!

Having driven by Swain Family Farm many times we finally decided this was the year to start buying turkeys direct. We could have been enjoying the rich flavor and incredible freshness of their turkeys years ago. There's no going back once you've had the real deal.The veggies we purchased were also top notch. We are looking forward to enjoying chickens, meats and an array of vegetables all obviously grown with tender loving care in the years to come. Kudos to Stephanie & all involved in her Farm!

I've cooked the Thanksgiving Turkey almost every year for 29 years. I've passed my roasting technique on to many people because the turkey cooks moist and flavorful. I've always ordered the least adulterated bird from Whole Foods or some other main stream market. This year I met Stephanie by chance a few weeks before turkey-day. I went to her farm and ordered a 15 lb bird. Knowing my turkey was roaming her pastures and being fed well just a few miles from my house was exciting and a great comfort. I picked it up Tuesday before Thanksgiving. It looked different - it was FRESH, long and lean - in fact, I had to jam the legs down to make it fit into the brining bag. EVERYONE said the flavor was better than they had ever had in a turkey. One of our guests is in the restaurant business and couldn't believe the intense richness of the meat. The distinctly richer flavor takes what we've known as turkey to another level. I will always order a heritage turkey from Swain Farms.

We found Swain Family Farm through the LocalHarvest website last year and drove out to Santa Rosa from San Francisco. We have purchased heritage turkeys before - through grocery outlets - with okay results. I am partial to buying a fresh (not frozen) bird which is not possible from large producers. Stephanie's poultry is definitely fresh and I believe her choice of feed makes for a great tasting bird. Keep up the work, Stephanie!

I contacted Local Harvest to find a local farmer that was raising farm fresh hogs and found the Swain Family Farm with the help of Local Harvest representatives.

Stephanie is honest, helpful, answered all my questions and communicated with me often.

In the end, I received a wonderfully harvested hog and the best part is, IT TASTES EXCELLENT!. I explained to her that most of the hog was going to salting/curing such as for Speck, Culatello, smoked bacon and prosciutto. Most of the pork is on salt but I cut one loin in thirds, infused with cold smoked hickory sea salt and seasonings then slow cooked. That loin meat is some of the best I have tasted, beautiful.

I want to thank the guys at Local Harvest for assistance finding Swain Farms, the butchers in Petaluma and Stephanie for a fantastic slice of hog heaven. Great job.

Bart

Swain Farm has the best tasting Heritage Turkeys we have ever eaten. My friends and I have been buying Heritage Turkeys for the last ten years. For Thanksgiving 2011 and 2012 we bought two each of Swain's Bourbon and Bronze hen Heritage Turkeys of about 12 lbs in weight. The hens we bought in 2011 were so good, we booked two more in 2012. Amazingly - these were even better! Outstanding flavor and so tender. Please note - these heritage cook very quickly so be careful not to over-cook.

Also bought two of their Maran Chickens. Again firm flesh and outstanding flavor.

Give a very high recommendation for Swain Farms produce and products