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Summer has officially started at Full Belly Farm – as evidence by the truck loads of melons, tomatoes, beans, eggplant, and dark circles under the eyes of every farmer. Exhaustion is a common side effect of the summer months, which can, on occasion, lead to a grumpy farmer or two. Luckily, glee outweighed grumpiness last weekend as we had a surprise calf born on the farm. A handsome and dark red fellow, he was born late into the night on Independence Day, perhaps forced into the world a day early by the sound of firecrackers or a Piccolo Pete.
Receiving feedback from our customers has never been easier than now, with the invention of social media. Just a few hours after the new calf was born, we posted a picture of him on both Instagram and Facebook, asking for name suggestions. The below photo and caption elicited the following responses:
Baby boy calf born late into the night on Independence Day. We are thinking of calling him Firecracker. Any other suggestions?
– Pyro
– Finale
– Uncle Sam
– Indy or Sparkle. Fireworks are made in China, so that type of name does not work as far as Independence goes (we are not independent from China). He is a cutie, whatever you call him!
– Red White n Moo!
– Perfect! Especially his sassy red color!
– Independence
– Smokey
– I really like the name Firecracker…
– Nanny State
– Bottle Rocket
– Roman Candle
– Spirit
– Yolo
– Independence is great! Or Yankee, or Doodle, or Dandy! 🙂
– I like Sparky!!!!
– Firecracker is perfect!
– Lady Liberty 😀
– Hot Dog
– Indie
– Freedom….
– Unity
– Jefferson, since he wrote the Declaration of Independence
– Lincoln
– Indy
– Revere — as in Paul Revere
– Jefferson
– My vote is for Independence or Doodle Dandy.
– Sam
– Just don’t call him dinner! Sweet baby!
– Freedom
– Boom
– George
– Uncle Sam
– Babylamb
– Yankee Doodle or Yankee
– Jeff
– I vote for Liberty.
– Spirit! I think that fits!
– If you are going to use him as a breeding bull, you may consider ‘Cherry Bomb’ 🙂
– Sam
– Sparky or Rocket
– Fab4
– Thomas Jefferson
As we read these aloud in rapid fire this morning around the breakfast table, every farmer was in stitches. Thank you for your wonderful and thoughtful suggestions – we haven’t yet settled on a name for our dear bull calf, but you will be (some) of the first to know when we do!
We hope you enjoy your box this week – and thank you for making some grumpy old farmers laugh!
— Hallie and Paul
