(Photo: Mark Jordan Studio)

This year, leave the Butterballs to the procrastinators and book a locally raised gobbler for your Thanksgiving table. Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture’s turkey-reservation line opens to the general public on October 19, and its extremely limited supply of pastured Broad Breasted Whites ($4.25 per pound) and heritage-breed Bourbon Reds (pictured, $6.50 per pound) will go fast. Fresh, Westchester-reared birds must be picked up at the Center on November 24, and come with cooking tips from Blue Hill’s Dan Barber. (Call 914-366-6200, ext. 110; $40 deposit required; two-turkey maximum per order.)

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