Holiday Financing: Local vs. Chains

Price of a 16-pound free-range, hormone-free turkey at Yankee Farmer's Market in Warner: $75.04

Average price of a 16-pound turkey bought from a grocery store in 2011 at Thanksgiving: $21.57

The average distance a meal travels before it lands on your table: 1,500 miles

Money that goes to the farmer:

at a supermarket chain: 18 cents of each dollar

at a farmer's market: 80-90 cents of each dollar

Sources: localharvest.org, sustainabletable.org,

Yankee Farmer's Market, American Farm Bureau Federation