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Thanksgiving for many families is going to look different this year.

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Kimt news 3's madelyne watkins checks in with a farm in cannon falls to see how business has been leading up to the holiday.

She joins us live.

Good morning, madelyne./// brooke and tyler.

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After all... it is turkey day!

I went to the third generation turkey farm, ferndale market, to get a look at how the season is going for them.

As you can imagine... thanksgiving is their busiest time of year and for the first time ever... they're doing a curbside turkey drive?

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Owner, john peterson, tells me thousands of turkeys will be picked up this week ahead of thursday.

And this year, while so many locally owned businesses have struggled because of the pandemic... he's grateful to see this "we see from the orders that come in that folks are still valuing that tradition.

It might look a lot different, the size of the turkey on the table might be different or sadly the faces at the table might not all be there this thanksgiving.

People are certainly telling us that they want to maintain that tradition in a year that's felt so disrupted."

While thanksgiving gatherings are strongly encouraged to either go virtual or be really small this year... peterson tells me that's not changing the size of turkeys that customers are asking for.

He says some people just have that traditional of eating big on turkey day... now, they'll just have more leftovers.

Live in rochester.

Madelyne watkins kimt thank you madelyne.

There are still some turkeys left at ferndale market if you haven't got one yet.

If you would like to order one..

We have a link on our website kimt dot com where you can see what sizes are available and