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Farm Happenings – Pasture Posts #110

Here’s the weekly roundup from Watson Farms and your direct connection to your farmer. Enjoy the latest edition of Pasture Posts!

We thought for this week’s edition of Pasture Posts we would give you a quick rundown of some things we’ve been up to the last couple weeks as well as a great opportunity to help us out while saving big on our pastured chicken!

Kelly, the kids, and I were able to have a getaway this past week when we visited Cape Canaveral, FL, and Kennedy Space Center. We greatly appreciate our whole team who stepped up to fill the void here at the farm. It’s great knowing that all the tasks will get done when we’re not around and that can only happen with talented, committed team members that care about what they do here at Watson Farms. Thanks guys for keeping everything running so smoothly!

Before we left for Florida we gave our team an opportunity to get together for a meal and a hayride here at the farm. Our team members don’t get many chances to get together like that, and we thought it would be beneficial for everyone to see the production end and hear some history of Watson Farms.

If you and your family would be interested in a similar experience then be sure to make plans to attend our Spring Farm Day on April 29! See more details below!

As we have grown our number of walk in freezers has grown as well. We recently found a great remote-monitoring option that will notify our team if any one unit’s temperature gets out of preset parameters. This takes a great deal of time and hassle of so many daily checks off our table and frees us up to do other things. It also helps me sleep better knowing that I’ll be alerted if a freezer starts to warm.

Moving on to some of what our animals have been up to, the cows truly have it made right now. They are enjoying some of the best forage that can be grown as they graze a mixture of oats, ryegrass, rye, clover, vetch, as well as a variety of other volunteer annual and perennial grasses and legumes.

We recently had our largest UPS pickup ever with around 22 boxes going out! You can see the stack of boxes in the slideshow below. UPS has done a great job in expanding our reach to customers throughout the eastern U.S. Thanks to all those UPS customers for supporting us. We’re glad you found us and we look forward to continuing to ship the best pasture raised meats to you!

Check out the slideshow below!

Product Spotlight

We’ve got some great offerings to kick off the month of April!

Save over 25% on Whole Broilers!

We were unable to get enough chickens cut up into parts last year due to some labor issues so we had to put more whole birds in the freezer than we wished. Save money and help us clear this inventory before our new flocks are ready to harvest. It’s a great way to get boneless skinless breasts at a great price – you just have to cut up the chicken in your kitchen!

Carving Hams in Time for Easter!

Spring Farm Day

Don’t forget that our Spring Farm Day will be held on Saturday, April 29 from 10am to 2pm!

We will have vendors, hay rides and more!

Be sure to save the date and follow along for more details in the coming weeks.

Order Deadlines and Store Hours

Here’s a friendly reminder to get your orders in by the deadline. We have changed our workflow some to help reduce errors, so we have to begin the process of staging orders for the next day’s delivery very soon after the deadlines below. Help us serve you better by ensuring your order is placed in time!

Charleston Area: 12 noon Mondays

UPS Orders: 12 noon Mondays

Columbia Area deliveries now occur on Wednesdays.
Deadline for the Columbia Area: 12 noon on Tuesdays

GSP: 12 noon on Wednesdays

Charlotte/Fort Mill/Rock Hill Areas: 12 noon on Fridays

Farm Pickup: Please wait until you receive an email stating that your order is ready to be picked up (usually 1 business day from when you place your order). Farm pickup is done during store hours:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 10am to 6pm
Saturday: 10am to 2pm
Closed Sunday and Wednesday

Tell a Friend!

It’s now easier than ever to Give $15 and Get $15 through our Referral Program. We don’t spend a lot of money of advertising, but rather we focus on producing products that people love and are willing to tell others about. So we depend on word of mouth to find new customers and ultimately to heal more land.

So in an effort to streamline this process we have made it easier to tell others (via email, Facebook, or Twitter) about Watson Farms. And it’s all automated on the backend, so you don’t have to rely on us to issue the store credits manually. Just head over to our Referrals Page and start sharing!

Start Sharing!

We re-use packaging!

We’ve seen a good response to our efforts in re-using packaging! Thanks and keep it up.  

You can help us reduce our carbon footprint by returning your CLEAN egg cartons and meat boxes. 

The main reason that we switched to plastic egg cartons a while back was because they are so much more durable than paper which could only be used once.  They also protect the eggs much better!

So if you have some egg cartons or boxes to return, you can just place them on your porch on your home delivery day.  Farm pickup customers can, of course, drop them off when you come to pick up your new order.  

***We can only re-use OUR cartons or boxes. Please re-use or recycle other boxes or egg cartons elsewhere.***

We redact your personal information found on your meat boxes when we re-use them, but feel free to redact to redact it yourself without damaging the box if you would like.  

Thanks for helping us re-use our packaging!

Did you know that we have a webpage that displays all the reviews we have received?  

Check it out!

Check out this ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review:

“I ordered several different cuts of beef from them. They were all excellent. Delivery went smoothly. Everything was packaged well and cleanly. I’ll definitely be a regular customer and look forward to trying their other products like ham. It’s nice to be able to buy from a local, family farm.”

We would greatly appreciate it if you would be kind enough to leave us a review.  It helps first-time customers purchase with confidence.

Leave a Google Review!

Thanks again for being partners in this endeavor of local, pasture-raised proteins that has truly transformed our farm.  We look forward to continuing this transition while serving you long into the future.

Sincerely,
The Watsons

Pasture Posts is written by Matt Watson.