DAY 2: abundant sunshine and pig feed hunting

Weather: SUNNY as can be (everyone on campus is sporting varying degrees of pinkness) and warm, in the mid-high 80s.

Good news:

• Well, to start off with a side note, breakfast at Sterling was divine this morning: pecan banana pancakes, maple syrup and sausage. oh man.
• Got lucky, one of the local schools is willing to set aside pre-consumer waste for me! All I had to do was provide lidded buckets and a promise to come and fetch them.
• Then, picked up delicious looking baked good seconds for the piggies in Hardwick from The Magic Spoon Bakery. And was gifted a tasty peanut butter cookie.
• Later on in the day, Ephraim, a fellow student and farm hand started fixing up the tongue of the hay wagon we'll be using as pig shelter/storage location for water and possible dry feed (on days there is no whey). Hooray for helpers and delegation of tasks!
  

Not so good news:

• Price Chopper and Hannafords both have policies barring them from giving me ANY leftover food. This is why I dislike dealing with big corporations. They have no reason/capacity to care for the little guy.
  
• EVEN WORSE, the dairy I was counting on for whey has decided to feed all their whey to their ewes. This is worrisome. I'm waiting to hear back from 2 other local cheese makers.
  

To-be-determined news:

• Still waiting to hear back from: Subway, Rock Art Brewery, Dunkin' Donuts and a few local restaurants.

That was basically my day as it relates to pigs. I had no class, instead ran around to different businesses hoping that doing things in person might be more persuasive.

I'll leave you with this cute thought/image.