Shockingly, that CBS piece on supporting local farmers does seem to have run, though it appears it was demoted from national news to local Oregon news. Which is fine by me. I only know a few people in Oregon.
The segment came out much better than what I was envisioning, that’s for sure. The idea of eating locally was not portrayed as completely wacko, but rather somewhat sensible, which is a refreshing change of pace in the mainstream media. I must reluctantly extend props to CBS.
You'll find the video here, but you are under no obligation to watch it. If you do, just remember what I said about the hair. I could have brushed it, sure, but then I would have been misrepresenting myself. I’m just keeping it real.
Other notes: Only bacon could make me forget that I was on camera. Thankfully, they cut the orgasm part out. The Toddler was so sweet and well-behaved that day that it appears that I've been lying about his daily antics. I am not. But, I'm glad we have some smiles to save for posterity. And at the end, the great food discovery they made mention of me making in my own backyard was this: I’m a shitty gardener. I pulled the only three red tomatoes off of the only three surviving plants in my yard that weren’t weeds. But, shhhh. I think you’re supposed to draw a different conclusion.
So, that's my moment of fame. Let’s just stick to print from now on, shall we? Speaking of which, the written transcript of the segment is entertaining if you enjoy the butchery of the English language as much as I do. Points for finding all the typos (hint: there’s more than two). Also, they gave Husband my maiden name (I win!).
[Update 6/9/08: It did run nationally. Here's the proof. Well, I'll be damned.]
Wow,I can't believe I missed that. That was pretty interesting and you sounded very intelligent. I do have to aggree with Mr.Donroe. Even with my CSA and local farmers market; no coffee, no beer - I'm headed south.
Brenda
Posted by: Brenda | May 30, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Don't sweat the hair. You did fine.
Posted by: Family Nutritionist | May 30, 2008 at 01:00 PM
You were great!! I thought you looked wonderful, and the video was great as well, even if only my left hand managed to escape the cutting room floor. Oh well, how fleeting is fame!
Posted by: Dad | May 30, 2008 at 02:39 PM
Great job, Tammy! The hair looked just fine...and, really, who ISN'T excited about bacon?
Posted by: Kim | May 30, 2008 at 03:20 PM
The video keeps cutting out halfway through for me, but I thought you looked good! I would've believed you! I was waiting to hear if he really said "TheorTetically."
Posted by: Karen | May 30, 2008 at 05:50 PM
Oh, we're thrilled, Mr. Donroe and I. (That's Senor Cookiecrumb and me, just so ya know.)
Nice one! You are beautiful and intelligent, which I've always known. The hubz is OK too.
Very nice.
Composure! Eep.
Posted by: cookiecrumb | May 30, 2008 at 06:48 PM
Very fun seeing you, and I thought the piece turned out very well. (And if you hair looks that good without brushing, you need never brush it again!)
Posted by: Kalyn | May 30, 2008 at 07:15 PM
Kalyn: Okay, if you say so. No more brushing starting...now.
CC: If you're going to say such nice things, I'm not going to show you this stuff anymore.
Karen: Or if I had actually said "ecomomy." I wouldn't have put it past me.
Kim: And Codman Farm's bacon is really good, too.
Dad: Ah, but your lone hand had such *presence*! You never were one to hold my hair against me, even during my horrible teen hairspray phase.
Family Nutritionist: It's just hair. Who am I trying to impress, anyway?
Brenda: We became much more moderate after the extreme version of the experiment. I just wanted to see if it could be done. Now, I'd say we eat about 75% local, and I feel pretty good about that.
Posted by: Tammy | May 30, 2008 at 09:14 PM
Those tomato plants fooled me. They were trees! Nice job. I missed the shot of your Dad's hand though.
Posted by: Katrina | May 31, 2008 at 02:36 AM
You did really good! And I agree - if that hairdo is without brushing, you never need to brush again!
That's a really good movement with eating locally. We try to do that to, but here in Egypt the meet is never hanged and thus unedible unless you boil it for about four hours. So, we buy only imported meet, from Australia, unfortunately, but that is the only thing I can find. Except for pork which you can't find at all. So all bacon is carried by ourselves in suitcases.
Posted by: Marianne | May 31, 2008 at 04:31 AM
What a cutie pre-schooler is!!! You did great Tammy. Loved it!
Posted by: Sally | May 31, 2008 at 06:40 AM
You did great! And it was cool to connect a face with the voice (or words, as the case may be).
Posted by: Sandicita | May 31, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Awesome! I'm having trouble understanding what's wrong with the hair though. Seriously, do you have 88 cowlicks standing up off the back of your head? No, I thought not. Therefore the hair is, um, perfect. I agree with your husband on the beer and coffee though.
Posted by: Alecto | May 31, 2008 at 11:40 AM
I only have one "beef" with the CBS production. Max looks like a hooded homeless child that follows you around the farm and all the way to your dinner table. Looks like we might need to start a support group for Max and Dad, the one's they ignored...
Posted by: Sis | May 31, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Geesh~ I think you're just fishing for compliments. Pretty damn normal looking hair to me. The irony of highlightng a Boston family talking about keeping things local and then making it Oregon local news is NOt lost on me, no sirree.
I think the story was really well done too, you didn't come off compound or hippie crazies at all. Nice job CBS.
Posted by: Tempered Woman | May 31, 2008 at 03:57 PM
I came expecting a hideous troll with unruly hair...instead I found you looking mahvelous!
Posted by: izzy's mama | May 31, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Great job Tammy ! Well done.
Posted by: joey | June 01, 2008 at 09:40 PM
Loved it! Now I have a face to put with a name! Great piece... congrats!
Posted by: The OTHER Tammy | June 01, 2008 at 09:47 PM
Now you see what passes as news in our burg. Bizarre that it would air only in Eugene, given we're, um, a huge eat local/farming/survivalist community with a farmer's market every week and twice in the summer, but you looked terrific! And that tomato plant...fab. I liked it that they made it sound like you had just chanced upon the tomato plant in your back yard: wow, what's this? I think I'll try one of these! :)
Posted by: Eugenia | June 01, 2008 at 10:44 PM
The least you could have done for all of us devoted readers is let us know you're left-handed--it would have explained so much. But no, we had to find out like this. And oh my God, that hair!
Posted by: Barry Foy | June 02, 2008 at 10:03 AM
That was pretty fantastic. Where is Dad's hand? I think that if your family had a cooking show, I'd watch it pretty religiously.
Posted by: melch | June 02, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Tammy -
sorry I missed the live-reel! I totally get why it ran in Eugene, OR. Great job.
from a Boston-grown, Oregon-living, CSA loving, local-eating (sometimes), Tufts classmate turned blog-lurker since spring 2007.
:)
Posted by: Sarah (Brown) | June 02, 2008 at 03:14 PM
That is SO FREAKING COOL! Thanks for sharing this with us. It was interesting for to see you and your family, it made me smile. You looked wonderful and man, Nathaniel is adoooorable.
And you are left-handed... nice catch Barry. No wonder you're so creative and funny. :P
Oh yeah, and the story was worthwhile too. ;)
Posted by: melissa | June 02, 2008 at 06:30 PM
Ohh that was just great. You looked lovely and they did a really good job on the filming. I have to agree with Sis though about the ironies of having a Boston locavore on local Oregon news.
Posted by: Belle | June 03, 2008 at 08:53 AM
I can see why you felt so terrible about the hair -- not what I remember from college at all.
I love the fact that they have you cooing about bacon.
Posted by: Fish Sauce Hater | June 08, 2008 at 12:52 AM