THE URBAN FARM ANNUAL END OF SUMMER HAY CHALLENGE
Unbelievably, summer is quickly drawing to end. From a farming perspective, that signifies that harvest is eminent. This is the time of the year where hay is most plentiful, and can be purchased at the best price. Thus, we are launching our 2nd annual “hay challenge” at The Urban Farm.
The hay challenge works this way: someone or some entity contributes a sum of money to be used for hay for the animals and challenges others to match some portion of the challenge. A $3,000 challenge has been committed and so the fun begins. The challenge is to match this sum within two weeks.
For the better part of 2010 we were paying $10.50 per bale of hay. We have been working with a farmer in the Longmont area who has agreed to sell us an entire hay field to us for $5.00 per bale. Do the math–this is less than half of what we paid last year. The bales weigh about 75 pounds each and are high quality organically-grown hay. A $100 donation buys 20 bales of hay – enough to feed all the TUF animals for one day.
Hope you will help us meet the challenge. As always you can send checks or donate via Paypal:
And, of course, you can always designate your donation be used a different way.
Thank you very much for your support!
















