Despair at the Framingham Farmers Market
Saturday, August 1st, 2009Latest news is the framinghamfarmersmarket.com website. I banged this out last week. A couple of customers were hoping they could find out what veggies were being sold at the market so they could plan their food shopping for that day. I suggested to Elizabeth (the market mistress) that if we had a wordpress blog going, you can make posts to it via email through a secret account. By using Velma’s iphone, we can do updates right at the market while it’s going. Everything works like a charm. We’re desperate to get the word out for out little farmers market and any sort of marketing helps. I tried posting links to a bunch of websites that are associated with the town of Framingham, Massachusetts but they all seem indifferent to mentioning us.
I finally discovered a mailing list called framcom that goes out to only residents of Framingham would are interested in local things. Mailing lists are kind of old school, so I was surprised that one was still going. I asked a few questions to the moderator and he seemed kind of anal about running it. (Remember the old SNL skit with Jimmy Fallon called Nick Burns, Your Company’s Computer Guy?) I notice that people are posting mundane stuff like finding a pair of boat oars in the town of Framingham. I’m thinking, “Oh, then telling people about the farmers market in their town run by LOCAL FARMERS should be right on the money.” I send out a post mentioning the market. I get a reply from the moderator that I didn’t post the email to his specifications and now I’m only allowed one more mention of the farmers market. Oh great – finding a pair of boat oars is critical news, but a local farmers market which is enjoyed by many is something that needs to be suppressed. Jimmy Fallon is a genius, just watch the video to the link above to get an idea on what kind of people run these types of things.
