Fife farmer uses tractor power in snow to get to customers & fundraise for charity
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Steve Mitchell, owner of the Buffalo Farm in Auchtertool, didn’t want to let his customers down so he made good use of his tractor and snow plough to make sure everyone in Kirkcaldy received their orders on Tuesday.
But he revealed there was also another special reason why he was determined to get orders delivered today.
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Hide AdHe said: “We have launched a Charity Tuesday campaign so anyone who placed an order for a local delivery on our website and chose Tuesday, February 9 for delivery, we were donating all the local delivery costs to local charity LoveOliver.
"LoveOliver aims to fund research into childhood cancer and provides practical support to families in Scotland affected.
"So as well as getting people’s orders to them, I wanted to make sure the deliveries were made today because the costs were going to this charity so we just had to get them out today.
"We managed to get the bulk of our deliveries out in Edinburgh and Fife and we donated the delivery fee to the charity and I reckon we raised around £250 for LoveOliver.”
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Hide AdHe gave a special thank you to his stockman Pete Melville who was on a day off today but offered to come in and help. He drove the tractor while delivery driver Ian Kettles handed in people’s orders.
Steve continued: “We nearly cancelled our deliveries this morning, but we decided to try and improvise instead so we brought in the farm team to come and help.
"Pete was on a day off but kindly came in. Pete drove the tractor for the most local deliveries in Kirkcaldy so people who made an order with The Buffalo Farm would have been popular with their neighbours because he cleared the streets and delivered to customers at the same time.
"He and Teeps (Ian Kettles) did a grand job of making sure people got their orders. We also had pick up trucks doing the other deliveries.”
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Hide AdHe added: “I instructed my drivers not to put themselves at risk but we just felt it was our responsibility to get people’s delivery to them.”