The Bovine Bugle

People travel from miles around just to find the farm!

This afternoon we had one of those surprise visits at the farm that just made me grin. It was just after lunch and I was heading down to the barn to check on some things when an RV pulled into the dooryard. I wasn't expecting anyone so I went out to see what was going on. An older couple got out of the RV and introduced themselves as Ed and Vera from Colebrook, NH. Vera had found information about our farm on the internet and they had decided to find our farm and buy some of our organic meat.

I was flabberghasted that someone would go to all that trouble to find our little farm. We had a nice visit, Ed and Vera bought a couple packages of hamburg (Note to Non-New Englanders: "Hamburg" is considered the correct term for ground beef in New England.), a package of steak, and a small chicken, and we had a good chuckle when Vera mistook the small red gas can on the edge of the garden for a colorful bird. I gave them some road directions to head them in the direction they wanted to go and they were off on the road back to New Hampshire. "Out of the blue" visits like this make life interesting here on the farm. I'm amazed at how small the world has become, and I'm proud of the way how we chose to operate our farm is making a difference to people we meet.

--Jonathan, Howmars Farm
Franklin, Vermont

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Posted by Blogger Chris at August 2, 2004 05:14 PM