Better Late Then Never

I was trying to get this out before I left for vacation but my work/packing schedule did not allow for me to post. I've had the idea for shooting at a turkey farm for thanksgiving for many years. I had been looking and looking for a farm and couldn't find any in our coverage area. Then earlier this year I stumbled up Mountain Run Farms while shooting there for a story about a group of painters that paint outside. While there Ben, the owner of Mountain Run Farms, gave me a bunch of materials about his farm. To my delight I saw that they raised free range turkeys for thanksgiving. Then it got better. They butcher the turkey's on site and were more than happy to have me there for the whole process. Then it got better. They started butchering them a week before thanksgiving which allowed me to finish the story for our sunday lifestyle section and still make my plane to Mass. on monday afternoon.
It's really fun to have an idea for a story and then to see it materialize in the paper. Check out the multimedia here to see more photos and hear Ben talk about the farm.

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