Chicama Run Family Farm

THINK AGAIN!!  It's amazing to me how competitive farmers are.  Seriously - I think when we had the computer store people were less competitive, and that's a field where you expect competition.

When I think of farmers, I think of people helping each other out when they need it, talking to each other for ideas, and just old fashioned values.  Believe it or not, this is not true.

If I have an idea and start succeeding at it, someone will try to squash it or steal it.  Such as with the raw goat milk we were selling.  It was a GREAT idea - not a huge one.... we weren't becoming a dairy by any means.... but we were supplying a need.  Legally sold as "Raw Goat Milk NOT for human consumption" - VDACS inspected our label, saw how we sold it and completely agreed we were within the LAW to do this.  We were selling a WHOPPING $24 per week.  That's right - $24 per week..... and someone went and complained causing us to either A) risk our insurance and our farm or B) just stop offering this.  We went with option B - sad huh?  Now I have been told the same person who complained and raised a fuss is offering the milk (no sorry - I won't share a name because I can be petty as well).

As of this moment, we were not accepted at the summer market in Leesburg saying we are not in compliance with their rules of how long we keep animals on the property.  I have requested details into how we are not in compliance - the meat we have saved for the market meets all their criteria - so I am at a little bit of a loss.... I can PROVE all the meat is within their guidelines, yet they say we are not.

So I'm a little at a loss..... I will have to now work doubly to promote our farm to the public to get traffic here to meet the sales that we need to do, honestly, to live here.  We count on the market sales plain and simple.

I will now ask all our faithful followers to tell everyone about us out here!!  Be on the look out for new promotions and new ideas coming forth.  Right now I think my brain just hurts :)