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May 3, 2012 -
Jul 1, 2012
- 3 created · 11 backed
- Marcie Mayer 267 friends
- Website: redtractorfarm.com
Pledge $15 or more
41 backers
1 cast metal Acorn Charm on a cord. This charming little acorn is our way of saying THANK YOU to anyone who pledges $15 (€11) or more. Postage anywhere in the world is included! A heartfelt thank you for helping us continue to help Kea use the Oaks for sustainable income rather than firewood!
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $30 or more
29 backers
1 Acorn Charm & 1 package of Acorn Cookies - tasty & healthy, the cookies that shook an island! For every $30 (€22) pledge we'll send you a package of freshly baked Acorn Cookies from the island of Kea. We're only able to send fresh cookies within Greece. International Backers at this level will receive ! Acorn Charm & 1 package of Acorn Flour (250g) rather than cookies. Please add $5 (€4) for shipping!
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $40 or more
6 backers
NEW REWARD - COOKIES 4 EVERYBODY! 2 packs of cookies - 24 cookies/350g - posted anywhere in the world. Now that the project is successful it's time to start BAKING! $40 = €32
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $50 or more
24 backers
1 Acorn Charm, 1 package of Acorn Cookies & 1 T-shirt 'Kea Acorn Flour & Oil'. ($50 = €38) Show the world that you support our Acorn Endeavors when you wear the very cool Acorn T-shirt! Non-Greek residents will receive Acorn Flour instead of cookies. We can't thank you enough for your help but we'll try! Please add $9 (€6) for shipping!
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $50 or more
17 backers
2 Acorn Charms & 2 Packages of Acorn Cookies - share our tasty treats and let people everywhere know that acorns are edible! ($50 = €38) Greece only, International Backers get 2 Acorn Charms & 2 packages of Acorn Flour (250g each). Acorn recipes are featured at www.iloveacorns.com. Please add $15 (€12) for shipping!
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $150 or more
7 backers
GOURMET PACK - 1 Seville Orange Marmalade, 1 Honey Spice Glaze, 1 Watermelon BBQ Sauce and 1 Package of Acorn Cookies all made by us here on the farm! ($150 = €115) Add $20 (€15) for shipping please!
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $150 or more
5 backers
An original and one-of-a-kind handwoven handbag. Re-purposed plastic exterior and Kean wool lining woven by Marcie specifically for this Kickstarter Project. ($150 = €115) Please add $20 (€15) for shipping!
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $750 or more
1 backer Limited (9 of 10 left)
2 Acorn Charms & 2 packages of Acorn Cookies & 2 Acorn T-shirts & 2 St. John's Wort Oil. 1 Dinner with Kostis and Marcie and volunteers during harvest days. Invitation to help with the harvest and learn more about eating Acorns. ($750 = €570) 1 week stay in one of our guesthouse Studios during the Acorn Harvest in October & November 2012. Rewards to be picked up in person or add $32 (€25) for shipping your rewards!
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $1,000 or more
1 backer Limited (4 of 5 left)
2 Acorn Charms & 2 packages of Acorn Cookies & 2 Acorn T-shirts & 2 St. John's Wort Oil 1 Dinner with Kostis and Marcie and volunteers during harvest days. Invitation to help with the harvest and learn more about eating Acorns. ($1000 = €760) 1 week stay in our largest guesthouse Studio (Stone Cottage) during the Acorn Harvest in October & November 2012. Rewards to be picked up in person or add $32 (€25) for shipping your rewards!
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $2,500 or more
0 backers Limited (4 of 4 left)
I'll make a paper mache MASCOT of your choice. Doesn't everyone need a giant ice cream cone, flower, chili pepper or banana?! I will work with you to choose the perfect oversized object to create for your office, home or school. My paper mache work has been featured in several magazines and shop windows. $2500 (€1900) Price includes delivery anywhere up to $500 (€380)
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012
Creator melissa duffy on October 6, 2012
The acorn pendant and cookies arrived in the mail today! I was SOOOO Excited! Thought that you could only ship 'acorn flour' outside Greece, so the cookies were an unexpected and much appreciated special treat! THANK YOU for your generous 'giving back' to all of us who helped fund the project...I know how much work goes into making acorn cookies/acorn flour, as well as wrapping, boxing and mailing everything to everybody and I really treasure these as an extremely special gift!
Exciting news here in Oak Harbor WA., USA: Garry Oak's (Quercus garryana) acorns are dropping now.! Also I just received a check in the mail yesterday from a grant application on behalf of our Grand Oak Heritage Garden. Now, a local woodcarver will be commissioned to make a 14 foot cedar bench with oak/acorn carvings along it that will overlook our town's Grand Oak Heritage Garden. I received funding also for some signage for the Garry oak ecosystem-based native plants for this demonstration garden.
Here's a little encouragement for your venture: I had this poster in my room as a child: Remember: Every great oak was once a little nut that held it's ground!
Creator George Thodoropoulos on August 21, 2012
Kudos to you and Kostis for your leadership, enthusiasm, and transperancy as the project moves forward. Looking forward to visiting Kea again
Creator Cannon and Cannon on July 2, 2012
In fact, Kostis, inspired by your Kickstarter exploits my brother and I have since used it to fund our own little sustainable food business, and we opened in December. Thanks for the tip-off!
Creator Cannon and Cannon on July 2, 2012
Kostis and Marcie - congratulations. We visited you briefly last September while staying on Kea and immediately regretted not having booked to stay with you - we loved what you are doing with the farm and the acorns and are proud to have been involved. Joe and Viv.
Creator Anita Van Gastel on July 1, 2012
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Creator Asheville Urban Farms on July 1, 2012
Teach a man to fish ! This is not the great recession, but the recession that makes us great.
Creator Joanne Kramer on July 1, 2012
We stayed at your lovely place 3 summers ago. So happy to hear you're back on top of your game. We send our best from California along with our donation to help your island economy. We will never forget the ancient lion, Kea, and your hospitality. Continued success. The Kramer Family
Creator Bao on June 30, 2012
BRAVO ! Thanks for taking care of this beautiful island and your community.
Creator Laurie Bushbaum on June 29, 2012
My family is lucky to be at Red Tractor Farm this week on vacation from the US. I'm wearing my acorn necklace now and will cherish it as a sign of hope and in gratitude for people who commit to making a difference. Love it!
Creator Thomas Huber on June 29, 2012
Wonderful project, Marcie, thank for giving the opportunity be part of it.
Creator Marcie Mayer on June 29, 2012
I know - it's a wonderful feeling to get a job done in this manner.
I'm feeling all fuzzy inside....8>)
At the end of the project
I'll be post all kinds of statistics about where backers are located,
how they found out about us, average pledge amount and more
FOR BACKERS EYES ONLY.
Creator MARIA TURRA on June 29, 2012
I am so glad we made it all together!
Creator mary nordhaus on June 28, 2012
Hooray and Felicidades - you made it!!!
Creator mary nordhaus on June 28, 2012
We couldn't stand it - you were so close so so we had to put you over the top. We're hoping others will feel the same way!. Good Luck.
Mary and Dick
Creator Christopher Lee on June 28, 2012
I have been emailing everyone I know.
Creator Eleni Andreadis on June 23, 2012
Good luck Marcie and Kostis! Am keeping my fingers crossed for you! Your work is an inspiration.
Creator Marcie Mayer on June 22, 2012
The TEDx Thessaloniki talk has had over 1000 views in the 1st week up. I've received so many incredibly gracious notes and letters, from Greece and abroad, with words or encouragement for the Acorn project. We're going to make this a success! Please back the project as soon as possible so we stay near the top of the Kickstarter listings and get the attention we need to make our funding goal in time. It's an all or nothing proposition so we must make the goal if we want to utilize this amazing outpouring of support and make a difference on Kea. If you haven't already done so - PLEASE back the project now!
Creator ikonomou aspasia on June 21, 2012
εύχομαι να γίνετε παράδειγμα και για άλλους :) συγχαρητήρια και καλή επιτυχία!
Creator Erich Iseli on June 20, 2012
Hi Marcie, I'm really touched by what you set up. It's very sustainable and this is why I am backing your project. I have a strong feeling that the current crisis is just the beginning, caused among others by the peak oil and the scarcity of other resources which prevent the economy from growing any further. Keep up the great work. And please send the recipe of your cookies along with the flour, I'm really looking forward to tasting them!
Creator Marcie Mayer on June 19, 2012
Kostis will be adjusting his backing amount as people here on Kea give us cash for the Acorn Initiative. We want people everywhere to see the true amount being pledged even by people that do not have Internet or are afraid to use their credit card on-line.