Member Spotlight: Focus on Food Supply!Oxbow Meats with Josh Westfall this Thursday
Member Spotlight: Focus on Food Supply!Oxbow Meats with Josh Westfall this Thursday
Please join us this week to build community and build a vibrant, local, mutually-supportive resource group. Josh will bring samples to share and things to sell from Oxbow Meats!
Event: Let’s Trade Kentucky Potluck & Networking
Special Member Spotlight on Oxbow Meats
Date: Thursday, August 1st, 2024
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: 4974 Old Versailles Rd., Lexington, Kentucky
Dear MAFA friends,
Please join us this Thursday to build community and learn about Oxbow Meats, a wonderful new resource brought to us by the entrepreneurial and wonderful Westfall family.
When you think about priorities, food, shelter and medicine are at the top of the list. Thursday, we will focus on food, and we are honored to be joined by Josh Wesftall, who along with his wife Stacey and some like-minded investors, decided to open a USDA meat processing plant in Lawrenceburg. This enormous venture was conceived of during the COVID lockdowns and is the result of their desire to bring sustainable meat processing that is geared toward the small family farm to the under-served Central Kentucky region.
The Westfalls and this enterprise need and deserve our support, and we need them, so please come to learn about what they have to offer and how you can help ensure their success.
Josh will bring samples and products to sell, so bring a friend and bring something yummy to share!
More About Oxbow Meats In Their Own Words
Oxbow Meats: Locally owned, sustainable meat processing geared toward the small family farm!
Local Meat Done Right!
Oxbow Meats has a great selection of local fresh and frozen meat available every day! Or, if you want something a little different, give us a call or let us know and our experienced staff will work with you for the perfect roast or steak!
Kentucky Proud!
We also have a plethora of Kentucky Proud and other local items available for you! From local dairy and eggs, to great Kentucky snacks, or local fresh baked bread, to fresh picked produce, we can help you with that special meal or cookout!
Thursday, August 22nd: 4th Thursday Presenter: Barry Saturday on his January 6th experience and the Supreme Court Rulings
August has five Thursdays. Due to travel conflicts, we will meet on the 4th (rather than 3rd) Thursday on August 22nd (the usual schedule at Newton’s Attic) to hear from Barry Saturday with an update on his case and the implications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling affecting all January 6th defendants, including himself.
Barry Saturday has spent a decade in finance and another 7 years as a teacher here in Lexington and was named social studies department chair. He has a Bachelor's in Foreign Languages and International Economics from the University of Kentucky, a Master's in Diplomacy with a focus on Global Commerce from Norwich University (birthplace of ROTC), and a Master's in Education from the University of Kentucky.
Barry has written numerous Op-Eds for the Lexington Herald-Leader and other publications on everything from finance to education and from politics to police abuse to planning and zoning. Barry founded the Scott County Young Republicans group in 2007 and was an elected member of the Fayette County Republican Party Executive Committee from 2014-2021. In March 2016, Barry was selected to lead the Lafayette High School caucus voting location when Rand Paul ran for president. He has run for Lexington's 4th District City Council seat several times. Barry has been elected as a member of his homeowner's association between 2016-2018, and 2020-2022 and served as its president in 2018.
Barry is married with two wonderful daughters who have been raised with traditional values. They are high achievers in school, love their family, and know how to show respect for others. Get him started and he'll probably talk your head off about them!
Barry is perhaps best known lately for being arrested by the FBI related to the events of January 6th, 2021. He and former president Donald Trump were charged the same day, on August 1, 2023.
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Tentative Talk Outline
• J6 Developments and SCOTUS
Are J6 Defense Attorneys Throwing Cases?
God's Plan and Corruption in the Commonwealth
Now that Lawfare is Here, Is Your Family Prepared?
State of "Politics" Today and What We Can Do
Good News To Share (thanks, Tina!)
From the National Health Freedom newsletter--seven legislative WINS for health freedom:
Right to Refuse 2024: Legislative Sessions Ending with Seven New Laws and Resolutions
Good Reads & Listens
Scott Atlas on PragerU. Not to be missed.
The Rosetta Stone of the new American Censorship policy. COVID and the 2020 Election are the most censored topics in US History: Tucker Carlson and Mike Benz. This explains SO much! It moves fast and is gripping.
Latest Ron Johnson Roundtable with Exclusive Interviews by Mary Holland of Children’s Health Defense. Kathy’s pick!
Want Real, Nutrient-Dense Food? Join us in the Kentucky Food Independence Club!
Kentucky agriculture remains the foundation of our culture: raising/growing nutrient dense food for home and/or market, maintaining strong family ties, respect for property, and a strong work ethic.
Our Mission is to connect Kentucky’s “real food” farmers to educated consumers. Real health begins with clean food. As more and more of us wake up to this fact, we see an increase in consumers wanting to leave behind unhealthy practices and jump in with local "real food" farmers!
What’s a real food farmer? By “real food”, we mean NUTRIENT DENSE food raised and/or grown as close to the earth and as naturally as possible. Like:
Non-GMO or organic feed -- preferably soy- and corn-free when financially feasible.
Pastured livestock on unsprayed fields
Grass-fed cattle - GRASS-FINISHED IS AWESOME, but grain-on-grass-finished is good, too, as long as the supplemental grain is non-GMO or organic, and the cattle continue to live on pasture with the sun shining on their backs.
Pastured milk cows - supplemented with non-GMO or organic SOY-FREE grains only while milking. This “treat” keeps the cows happy and standing still
Unsprayed hay
Organic gardening practices (you do not need to be certified organic but farm using organic practices)
Regenerative soil practices
The KY Food Independence Club (KFIC) is a private membership food buying club featuring healthy food provided by Ky farmers. It’s like an online grocery only all the food is REAL & healthy. Nutrient dense foods like…
farm fresh raw milk & dairy products
goat’s milk when available
pastured eggs & chicken
grass-fed, pastured meats
organic baked goods
local honey
organic sourdough bread
organic* fruits & veggies when available locally
all feed is non-GMO or organic
prepared foods all using organic/non-GMO ingredients & cultures
*organic means either USDA certified organic or grown/raised using organic practices.
HOW THE CLUB WORKS
Members order online at www.farmmatch.com/kfic, orders are due Mondays by 3pm (you get a text reminder on Monday mornings). Food is ready for pick up every week at your preferred drop location.
Drop locations & times:
-- Newton's Attic & Georgetown is delivered Thursdays
-- Morehead is at 9:30 am on Fridays.
-- Winchester & Robert's Health Food delivery is Fridays
Costs To Join: There is a $59 annual membership fee ($5/month) and a $75 inventory deposit which is returned to you if you leave the club.
How to join:
Fill out the questionnaire at www.farmmatch.com/kfic
Once approved, you get a confirmation text.
Then log back in, sign the Membership Contract and pay the $59 membership. Once that is approved, you get a text letting you know. (You can pay the inventory deposit once you are a member.)
Then you can login and order :)
Text or call Sally with your questions to 859-550-3862.
PS. Don't hesitate to share this www.farmmatch.com/kfic! Everyone needs good, clean, nutrient-dense food