Hey All- only three things to tell you about. Three super important things, but only three:
1. It’s turkey time. We are taking reservations. You can specify size, type of bird, and can either pay the deposit in check or on the internet (yeah, we’re impressed with ourselves as well). For information on the breed characteristics of our Bourbon Reds and Broad-Breasted Bronzes, available sizes and prices, or to reserve your bird online, visit our 2010 Thanksgiving Turkey Page.
2. We’re having a big farm event: Adventures of Huck Finn on October 16th. As some of you may remember, we threw our “Arabian Nights” party last year and all had a great time. These events are half theater and half farm dinner. All of the information is on the website on our Mark Twain Final Banquet page.
3. Lastly, our buddy and regular farm and market volunteer Brad Weiss is in the midst of conducting some research about farming, local meat buying, etc. His appeal is below. It’ll only take a couple of minutes to fill out his survey. He’s helped the farm out a ton over the past year and half and it would be great if any of you could give him a hand with his research.
Dear Cane Creekers –
This is Brad Weiss writing to you. If you’re a regular at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market, you might recognize me as the guy with the beard and the Cubs’ cap digging through coolers for pork chops, and dispensing the occasional cooking tip. If you’re like most people you’ve probably wondered, “Who is this guy? And what is he doing here?” Or else you’ve got some very, very wrong ideas about Eliza and me.
Just to clear things up, in fact, I am a social and/or cultural anthropologist and all of this time I’ve been doing research on – well – you! That’s right, I’m doing a study on pasture-raised pork, how it’s produced, how it’s processed and marketed, how it’s consumed (at home and in restaurants), and what this might tell us about contemporary ideas about food, community, and the economy. I’m writing to you now, through the grace of Ross and Eliza and the whole newsletter team, to ask if you can respond to a brief questionnaire about your use of Cane Creek products. The survey is online here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QSBFY6B
Only five minutes of your time will provide you with a lifetime of satisfaction, knowing you’ve made a vital contribution to social science. Reporting on this survey is completely anonymous; your confidentiality is assured.
The other thing is this: if any of you would be willing to, or interested in contacting me directly to discuss these questions in a little more depth, I’d be very, very grateful. You can email me at: blweis@wm.edu. Or you can chat me up at the Market some Saturday, and we can arrange a time to talk in more detail. I’m happy to share my findings with anyone who’s interested, and can promise copies of anything I publish (I bet you can’t wait! But you’ll have to wait).
Thank you for your consideration.
Brad
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SEND ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO:
Brad Weiss
121 Waverly Forest Ln
Chapel Hill NC 27516
919-967-6507ON LEAVE 2010-2011
Brad Weiss
Professor of Anthropology
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg VA 23187
757-221-1209
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