by Adam Parks | Feb 26, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
My name is Adam Parks and I own Victorian Farmstead Meat Company in Sebastopol. The recently announced Rancho Feeding Corp. beef recall has had, and will continue to have, a profound effect on my business and the business of dozens of local ranchers and meat...
by Adam Parks | Feb 7, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
This plea, coming on the heels of last week’s early April Fools post, needs to be taken very seriously. I’m asking for your help on behalf of a high school class mate. Alex Porrata was a few years behind me in school. I don’t really remember her well...
by Adam Parks | Jan 31, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Man, I wish it was closer to April Fool’s Day… Everyone calm down, we are not closing down the business or the new butcher shop. Here is the story: Monday I woke up and like 9 Billion other people I checked in on Facebook. I was surprised so see a post by...
by Adam Parks | Jan 23, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
Comments after last week’s newsletter were pretty widespread, ranging from way more scared than I, to commiserating, to one guy’s asking how I could complain about sunny and 70 everyday (thanks for really sinking your teeth into the post, James). I was...
by Adam Parks | Jan 22, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
One of the great challenges I face as a business owner is employee compensation. Our business doesn’t fare well with your standard hourly wage model. That is certainly an important component, but we had to get a little creative. I have lost employees that felt...
by Adam Parks | Jan 16, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized
A Grand Occasion This Sunday is the Grand Opening Celebration for Community Market, our new retail home. There are several bands scheduled, beer and wine tastings, and Don Payne from Wild Pig BBQ and I are firing up the 24 foot smoker! We are doing pulled pork,...
