Date: December 3rd 2008

Smith Family Farm Newsletter
December 2008

Hi all:

We hope everyone enjoyed their holiday last week. Just a quick note concerning the Christmas/New Year turkeys. We will be processing turkeys on December 18 and 19. You're more than welcome to come out to the farm (see address below) on those dates, between 2PM and 4PM to pick up your turkeys, beef cuts, and pork cuts.

Alternatively, for those of you who can't make it out to the farm, I'm going to be at the Vienna farmer's market on Saturday, December 20, from 11AM to 12 Noon (1 hour only), to deliver turkeys, along with the usual beef cuts, pork cuts, etc:

Vienna Farmers Market
131 Church St NE
Vienna, VA 22180
www.viennafarmersmarket.com
The Vienna Farmers Market takes place in the Caboose Parking Lot (corner of Church Street and Dominion Road, NE).

If these dates and times don't work for you, you can come to the farm Sunday (12/21), Monday (12/22), or Tuesday (12/23) between 2PM and 4PM to pick up your turkeys. We are selling these turkeys on a first come, first served basis--unless you've made a deposit, or have made other prior arrangements. We will try our best to accommodate everyone, but if you haven't made a deposit, please call for availability. Thanks for bearing with us as this was our first year raising turkeys. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to call.

On a side note, we still have a good supply of hay left (horse-quality hay & cattle hay, large square bales), although it's quickly dwindling. These last couple weeks have been seasonally cold, so if you're needing to stock up for the winter, now would be a good time. Delivery can be arranged.

Also, we're getting a lot of positive feedback concerning the prospective buying clubs. We'd like to thank all of the folks willing to be club leaders and offer insight and help organize this thing. We are still in the process of drafting a buying protocol, and we'll let you guys know of the drop points/club leaders as soon as we can. Ideally, we'd like to start making drops by February, 2009, if not sooner. If you need any additional info per the buying club, please contact Jason at beefandhayproducer ( at ) gmail ( dot ) com.

Here at the farm, we get a lot of voicemail and email--we sincerely appreciate all the support! Customer service is one of our priorities--we try our best to be prompt and considerate in each of our replies. But, we are full-time farmers. As much as we'd like to have a P.R. department, we simply don't have the personnel to respond to every email and voicemail. We love all the calls and email, and we want you to feel free to contact us, but please don't take it personally if we don't respond in a timely manner. We appreciate your consideration.

See you soon!

Leigh Smith
Smith Family Farm
5770 Artemus Road
Gainesville, VA 20155
Cell: 571-220-0017
beefandhayproducer.com

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