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Trescothick comes down to Blackacre Farm!
Added 26-Feb-2010
This week Marcus Trescothick came down to Blackacre Farm to help us launch our HALF PRICE CRICKET TICKET GIVEAWAY. What a mouthful! We have teamed up with Somerset County Cricket Club to offer adult Twenty20 tickets for just £10! From March, all you have to do is go to www.somersetcricketclub.co.uk and enter the exclusive promotional code which will be found on the best before label on top of our packs to buy your discounted tickets!
The hens had a great time up in our fields; they'd never had so much attention! We got some great snaps but we couldn't hang around too long as they liked the look of our shoe laces too much!
Dan.
have a heart
Added 19-Feb-2010
For three months during the summer we donated 2p from every sale of our 6 large free range eggs to 'have a heart', and on Thursday I went down to the Heart FM studio to help decide where the money raised should go. The charity works to help build a better future for children living in Westcountry communities and we had to decide which specific projects to support. I met with Belinda from have a heart, and Laura from the Ian and Laura Breakfast Show, and together we picked what we felt are three really worthy projects in the Westcountry.
We can't say exactly where the money will go just yet, as it all needs to be signed off by the charity, but it won't be long until the money is being used to benefit children in local communities. So watch this space, they'll all be announced......just as soon as I am allowed to shout about it! I can't wait to see the funds raised by all those who bought our eggs going to good use.
Dan.
Launching the layers
Added 11-Feb-2010
Tonight I am attending the first ever Westcountry Layers meeting at Padbrook Park Hotel in Devon. As I have mentioned on the blog before I am now representing the South West on the Council for the British Free Range Egg Producers but this meeting is only for producers in the Westcountry. The meeting gives us a chance to talk to other producers about our flocks, farming and methods and to exchange ideas and experiences so that we can all produce delicious eggs.
The 25th February is another important night as we will be attending the launch of the 'Taste of Somerset Awards' at Sharpham Farm. This year we will be sponsoring the 'Best Pub Category' meaning that I will have to go to some of the very best pubs in Somerset and sample their culinary delights...... it's a tough job but someone has to do it!
Dan.
The Iron Lady...
Added 05-Feb-2010
Last week I mentioned how nutritious, delicious and versatile eggs are but if you're not willing to accept my humble opinion what about Margaret Thatcher's?! It has been revealed that for two weeks in the run up to her victory, becoming the first ever female PM, she stuck to a 'winners' diet the main staple of which was 28 eggs per week!
She used to eat one or two for breakfast each morning and then more for lunch and they weren't even Blackacre Eggs; imagine how many she would have got through if she'd have tried ours! People may not agree with all of her political views but she obviously understood the importance of eggs to a healthy diet, and if it's good enough for a Prime Minister, its good enough for me!
Dan.