Claire Rogers Cool products and foodie things www.sunlive.co.nz

As the nights get shorter, it is a great time to invite a few friends around for a mid winter Christmas party.

Why not make a Crozier's Free Range Turkey the centre piece of your party. Our turkey received rave reviews from guests – moist and flavoursome, the limoncello and Italian sausage stuffing was superb.

In 1959, a 12-year-old Philip Crozier was looking for a way to make some pocket money. When a neighbour mentioned that there might be 'some money in turkeys”, Philip took his £5 savings and bought a pair of hen turkeys and a 'gobbler”, a male turkey. There was a lot to learn and a lot of mistakes to be made, but this was the beginning of Philip's lifetime obsession with breeding turkeys.

Today, Philip and his wife Judith run a 33 hectare turkey farm as a small, yet thriving family business. 'Turkeyville” is home of upwards to 20,000 white-feathered turkeys.

The turkeys are free to range and grub for foods outside and also get a mixture of natural grains, some of which are grown on the farm located at Dromore near Ashburton.

So make the time to plan a mid winters Christmas now. If you are not lucky enough to win this great prize, then you can pick a Crozier's turkey up locally from Provida Foods, Cherrywood Butchery or Bethlehem Butchery.

If you are looking for great preparation tips and ideas on how to create the perfect turkey feast visit www.croziersturkeys.co.nz

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The Weekend Sun has a Crozier's 100 per cent Free Range Turkey to give away to lucky readers who can tell us how old Philip was when he bought his first turkeys.

Enter online at the SunLive Competitions section.

Entries must be received by June 22.