June 22, 2017

Hello all,

Are you excited about Farm to Tapas yet? We sure are! One of the biggest aspects of our fundraiser is our live and silent auctions. We have a few great items that will be up for bid, but we would certainly welcome a few more! If there is anything you are willing to donate to help our organization, please reach out and let me know!

Potential Items:

• Gift baskets (preferably filled with local items)
• Sports Tickets
• Restaurant Gift Certificates
• Home goods
• Vacation home
• Many more!

If you have a good idea or good item, please email me (kmurray@semaponline.org) with the subject AUCTION ITEM and I’ll let you know if our event committee feels if it is appropriate for our event!

Thanks for supporting SEMAP!

Cheers,
Kendra

June 21, 2017

We are compiling a listing of fiber resources in Southeastern Mass. If you would be so kind to let us know if you are raising fiber, what animals, and where you are located we would appreciate it! Please send over details to fiber@semaponline.org.

June 21, 2017

Quarter, Half, and Whole Pig shares available from Spring Rain Farm in East Taunton

All shares include vacuum-packed, butchered cuts of:

• Loin-end Pork Chops and Roast, Spare Ribs and Country Style Ribs
• Plain-Ground, Breakfast, Sweet Italian, Hot Italian Sausage
• Fatback, Leaf Lard, Shoulder for Pulled Pork, Ham, and Bacon

[Liver, head, heart, hocks and trotters optional]

Each pig is a mix of several tasty rare heritage breeds raised in the meadows and forests overlooking our cranberry bogs, free to romp and root under a canopy of wildflowers, pine and oak.  In the fall, they are fed cranberries from our farm and other forage, such as apples and acorns. We will have farm field days in the fall for shareholders to see how the pigs are raised.

Fresh pork will be available for pick-up between mid-October and mid-November, and smoked cuts by mid-December. Sausage just in time for Thanksgiving, and Smoked Ham for Christmas!

Quarter-Share: $7/lb. $150 deposit.  Roughly 35 lbs of as wide a variety of cuts as possible. $95 owed on pick-up, Total=$245

Half-Share: $6.75/lb. $300 deposit.  Roughly  65 lbs of cuts butchered custom to your request. $138.75 owed on pick-up, Total=$438.75

Full Share: $6.50/lb. $600 deposit. Roughly 130 lbs of cuts butchered custom to your request. $245 owed on pick-up, Total=$845

Sign up by 7/1! Please reach out if you need time to complete the deposit.  We encourage splitting shares with friends to save money and get customized cuts!

Steps to sign up:

1. Contact William for a registration form at 774-218-6416 or springrainfamilyfarm@gmail.com
2. Send in your deposit via PayPal (account name same as email) or a check made out to “William N. McCaffrey” to:

692 Caswell Street

East Taunton, MA 02718

June 21, 2017

Farmers, homesteaders….looking for egg boxes? Please reach out to Sandy at sandranewfield@comcast.net for details!