Crescent Duck Farm raises and processes premium White Pekin ducks and sells duck meat and related products. Founded by Henry Corwin in Aquebogue in 1908, it remains a family-operated farm on land held by the Corwin family since the 1600s. Its production includes breeding and rearing ducks and processing them at its USDA-licensed plant.
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Joe Jurgielewicz & Son, LtdFor four generations, Joe Jurgielewicz & Son has raised and processed Pekin ducks at its Pennsylvania family farm, supplying fresh and frozen duck to chefs, retailers, and home cooks across North America. The company traces its birds to the original Long Island ducks brought from China in 1873 and works with more than two dozen Pennsylvania farm families. Its Hamburg operation employs more than 250 Pennsylvanians and distinguishes itself with round-the-clock veterinary care, a full-time duck-welfare specialist, and water-recycling practices that use roughly half the water of typical poultry farms.HAMBURG, PA
David Elliot Poultry FarmSince 1942, the Fink family has run David Elliot Poultry Farm, processing kosher poultry from its Scranton facility for families, chefs, restaurants and caterers. The third-generation family business is especially known for smaller, tender Rock Cornish hens and for treating kashrus as a hands-on responsibility, with in-house full-time shochatim and careful inspection throughout processing. Birds are raised on small family farms in Pennsylvania and shipped fresh from the facility to regional shelves, often by the next morning.SCRANTON, PA
Hudson Valley Foie GrasHudson Valley Foie Gras raises Moulard ducks and produces foie gras and other duck specialties on a 200-acre farm in Ferndale, New York’s Catskill Mountains. Beginning as the first foie gras farm in the United States, the company has spent more than 30 years developing its specialty poultry program, including cage-free barns for its ducks and partnerships with Pennsylvania family farmers for its chicken. The farm uses the whole duck and individually evaluates every animal under USDA inspection, with its products served by chefs across the country.FERNDALE, NY
Hillside Turkey FarmsFor four generations, Hillside Turkey Farms has remained a family-owned, privately operated Thurmont farm and food business, carrying forward a turkey operation that began in 1939 with Pauline and Ross Smith. Today, the USDA-inspected farm and plant raises up to 180,000 birds a year and serves families as well as restaurants throughout the surrounding region. Its turkeys are antibiotic-free and not injected, with almost everything it markets grown or made in Thurmont.THURMONT, MD