At Harvie, we feel a connection to Thanksgiving. The holiday is centered around food, the joy of being together, and giving thanks. After a busy harvest season, we are offered a chance to pause, eat, talk, laugh, and celebrate the region’s bounty. Our team is already busy planning for the holiday — securing produce from our smallest farmers, desserts made from scratch, pasture-raised turkeys, and more for your holiday table.
And, in this season of thanks, there is no better way to show gratitude to the region’s farmers and producers than eating local.
There are, of course, the obvious reasons to do this: local food is more nutritionally dense, seasonally grown, fresh, delicious, and more sustainable.
Most importantly, it strengthens Pittsburgh’s local food economy.
By eating locally this Thanksgiving, you’re directly supporting and showing gratitude to those who produced your food. You’re showing support for the people around you, keeping food dollars circulating in our community, and stimulating the growth of hundreds of local and regional businesses.
By purchasing your Thanksgiving meal through Harvie, you can support the Amish cooperative in Salisbury, PA, who are pasture-raising turkeys as a means of keeping their families on their farms. You can help sustain The Pickled Chef, a Latrobe family production putting together farm-to-fork take-and-bake sides. You can support the legacy of Dawson’s Orchard, an apple-abundant farm operating since 1946. Cooking a Harvie Thanksgiving builds a strong local food system in your community.
Right now, we have some turkeys and sides available for pre-sale — as a member said last year, “The turkey was the best I’ve ever made and I’m sure that’s down to the quality of the bird,” — but we are just getting started. Secure one of our pre-sale items to get first access to our exclusive Thanksgiving list!
Our sourcing team has spent months curating this list (think pumpkin pie, specialty cheese boards, holiday craft sodas, and more) and it’s something you don’t want to miss.
— Simon Huntley