Archive for November, 2008

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Best Farm in Manhattan!

In case some of y’all haven’t heard, The Concept Farm received what we can all consider, one of our greatest accolades in the nearly ten years since our barn doors opened . We were listed by Crains as one of the Top 50 Best Places to Work in New York City for 2008. We actually nestled ourselves in way up at #20. Right between Goldman Sachs and Silverstien Properties! Pretty darn good, fellow Farmers, pretty darn good.

crainsawardAccording to Crains: “Crain’s ‘Best Places to Work in New York City’ represents the most outstanding employers from throughout our five boroughs, as defined by their employees,” said Jill Kaplan, VP & publisher of Crain’s New York Business. “In these challenging times, this distinguished group of winners can be proud knowing it was the praise and support of their employees that earned them this honor.”

We tip our straw hat to every Farmer, past, present and future for making The Concept Farm the special place it is.

Congratulations and thank you.

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS130898+17-Nov-2008+PRN20081117

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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Anything For Stroke Awareness

When it comes to saving lives, nothing is going to far. Not even airing spots with Stroke Cheerleaders, hiring a Stroke psychic or airing a cartoon about Strokes. Check it out.

Go to the AHA We’ll Do Anything site

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Monday, November 17th, 2008

Crain’s NY Business Top Small Firms

The Concept Farm builds its team by inspiring employees—referred to as “farmers”—to do their part in making a difference. Part ad agency, with clients like Bank of New York and Greenpeace, and part production company, with projects like New York neighborhood TV series Cool in Your Code, the nearly 10-year-old, $20 million company donates farm animals to poor nations in lieu of holiday gifts for clients. Six staffers, moved by the firm’s work for a food bank, showed their empathy last year by each eating just one meal a day for a week.

BUSINESS Advertising and production

TOTAL/NYC EMPLOYEES 50

RANK WITHIN SMALL COS. 7

OVERALL RANK 20

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Friday, November 7th, 2008

Chris Runs for (from?) Sparks

Congratulations to Chris Burgess for a bloody good show in the Marathon! Here it is in his own words:

Well, after a lot of training, blood, sweat and tears, I ran the New York City Marathon in a time of 3hrs 23 mins - a time that absolutely flabbergasted me! I was aiming for sub-4 hours and somehow managed to get carried away with the hype, excitement and adrenalin of the big day to run that time. That time meant I finished in 3299th place out of 40,000. I also came 439th in my age group.

It was one of the most amazing days of my life. Whilst I never want to ever attempt a marathon again (I’m told this view will change,) I have never experienced anything like that occasion before. The sheer number of people who came out to watch and cheer all the runners on was breathtaking.

Thank you Farmers for your individual donations in addition to The Farm’s contribution - your money is not only going to a fantastic cause, but you spurred me on when I really didn’t feel like training and pushed me on during the race when my legs were starting to cave in. Thanks so much!!

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Sparks is a charity dedicated to funding pioneering paediatric research with a single aim: Helping ALL babies to be born healthy and stay healthy. Sparks is the only children’s charity to fund research across the whole spectrum of paediatric medicine. Since 1991, Sparks has committed over £16.3 million to fund research into conditions such as childhood cancer, childhood arthritis, meningitis, club foot, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and all the risks associated with premature birth. www.sparks.org.uk

Charity Registration No 1003825 (England & Wales), SCO39482 (Scotland) 

 

 

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Thanks again!

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