It’s a lot of work for us to write this newsletter on a weekly basis. But despite the time commitment, we love sharing stories and our thoughts from the week here. It’s fun, it’s cathartic and it’s helping our business grow.
But we had a realization a couple of months ago that another amazing thing about writing this newsletter every week (besides getting to let you in on what it’s like to raise organic livestock), is that we’re also creating a record of all of the happenings on our farm. These weekly emails are our little legacy and it’s kind of amazing to think about what we’ll get to remember when we look back at these words and photos 10, 20, 30+ years from now!
Thinking about this prompted us to go back and look at newsletters from the past year, and there were some doozies. There was the peculiar story about our pet goose that fell in love with Jenney, the one about the origin of our barn. There was the time we really put it all out there to share the 3 things we’re most embarrassed to admit. There was Jenney’s favorite newsletter about how I followed my calling in Greg’s Moment of Truth and my most meaningful newsletter of the year when we lost our boar (we said they’re cathartic, right?).
I’ve never had a diary or kept a journal (unlike Jenney who has been journaling since she was 7) but I’m so thrilled that we’re building a story book of the life of our farm!
We would love to hear from you, if you have a few minutes to spare this week. What was the most memorable newsletter for you and why? What would you like to hear more about and was there anything that you’d like to hear less about?
Here’s to finishing up a great year, creating more time for reflection, and moving on to 2019!
Your Farmers,
Greg & Jenney