This Week in Our MAFA Community
This Week in Our MAFA Community
1st & 3rd Thursday Meetings (except for May-- see below!)
Dear MAFA community!
We look forward to dinner, conversation and announcements this Thursday, April 4th for the Let’s Trade Kentucky Potluck & Networking.
Here is what’s inside this week’s newsletter. Scroll down for details and links!
Tonight, April 2nd: 30 min Pet Health Webinar from our own Kim H!
Wednesday evening Bria Quinn Violin Recital in Louisville
1st Thursday, April 4: Let’s Trade Kentucky Potluck & Networking
3rd Thursday, April 18 Presenter: Patriot’s Day April 19, 1775
1st Thursday, May 2nd: Let’s Trade Kentucky Potluck & Networking
May 23rd (4th Thursday!): Bretigne Shaffer Calvert on Notices of Liability
Newton’s Attic invites you to Robot Gladiator League Melees!
Good Reads & Listens
(Mostly) free gardening classes at the UK Ag Extension. Must RSVP
KFIC Food Club: the case for local, clean food; pickup times and options: Scroll down to sign up for Sally’s awesome substack!
Please email Kathy at KathyGornik2@gmail.com with presenter suggestions.
Tonight! 30 Minute 7:00 p.m. Pet Health Zoom with Kim Humphrey!
Topic: Kim's Pet Health 101
Time: Apr 2, 2024 7:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Kim will be hosting an informative and fun, 1/2 hour pet health webinar to share some important info for your beloved pets (and maybe you) and learn about some of the amazing things that we can do to keep our fur babies around longer and healthier. Kim has heard some wonderful testimonies she is excited to share and also very much appreciates your support in her new venture.
Kim is a patriot who loves this country, loves to be in nature, loves to be with friends, and loves to learn more about natural ways to heal the whole body. She is passionate about helping people and their animal friends on their healing journeys.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 266 806 8229
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keADUd2k7D
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You are invited to attend this special occasion to celebrate the talented Bria Quinn’s musical milestone. Email Sheri Quinn at sheriquinn@bellsouth.net with any questions.
We have seen the Quinns perform many times, and you are in for a lovely evening of high quality music from a special young lady!
Thanks to those of you who came to support JoAnn!
About ten of us showed up to support JoAnn last week and got to see her attorney, the talented Adrienne Southworth, in action. In short, the sentencing hearing was continued so that a dollar amount for restitution can be determined prior to sentencing. Please mark your calendars for Friday, June 21st at 8:30 a.m. at the Circuit Courthouse at 120 North Limestone (the one closest to the library) in Lexington. Judge Travis is normally in Courtroom D, but we will update the Signal Events thread when the time comes. The nearest parking is the garage on Bar Street next to the District Courthouse.
JoAnn is a valued member of our community who deserves our support and does not deserve what is happening to her within our “justice” system.
Upcoming Gatherings & Meetings
Please note that all guests listed below will present at the Lexington MAFA meeting at 4974 Old Versailles Road, Lexington, KY 40510. Join us for food and conversation between 6:00 and 6:30. The meeting starts at 6:30 with announcements. Presentations will start at approximately 7:00 p.m.
1st Thursday Potluck & Networking: April 4th
Bring your business cards or flyers and be prepared to announce or list anything you have to offer or are looking to acquire. Dinner and conversation will be followed by announcements from and updates about our community members.
3rd Thursday Presenter, April 18th: Patriot’s Day -The Shot Heard Around the World with Kevin Fitz-Gerald
Kevin Fitz-Gerald will tell the mostly forgotten story of world-changing events occurring in Massachusetts on April 19th 1775, the opening day of our Revolutionary War. This moving and educational presentation is something every liberty-loving American should hear. This is a great way to mark what is arguably the most important day in the founding of America.
Kevin is a firearms instructor and storyteller for Revere’s Riders, a 501C3 non-profit whose motto is “Every American Choosing Liberty — Every Day!” Revere’s Riders is affiliated with the Civilian Marksmanship Program and the National Rifle Association.
Revere’s Riders actively promotes traditional marksmanship skills, American history, and civic engagement.
1st Thursday Potluck & Networking: May 2nd
Bring your business cards or flyers and be prepared to announce or list anything you have to offer or are looking to acquire. Dinner and conversation will be followed by announcements from and updates about our community members.
4th Thursday, May 23rd Presenter: Bretigne Shaffer Calvert on Notices of Liability
Bretigne Shaffer Calvert will present on Notices of Liability, a process that holds individuals in industry accountable for attempting to institute or mandate unsafe or poorly tested products and services in our communities. Bretigne was a journalist in Asia for many years. She now writes fiction and hosts a membership group dedicated to Building Parallel Solutions. She has filed numerous notices of liability against rights violators at the federal, state, local, and international levels. You can find her on Substack. Meet and greet starts at 6:00, and the meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. sharp!
Good Reads & Listens
• Some great push back from Stand for Health Freedom. Thank you, Tina!
• 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!
2024 Gardener's Toolbox Document
The UK Cooperative Extension has some great gardening classes starting this month (most of them on Thursday evenings, unfortunately!). Most are free but require registration. Find all details in the Gardener’s Tool Box linked in the graphic below.
Newton’s Attic invites you to the Season One: Robot Gladiator Melees
Help us fill the stands on Saturday, April 13th at Jackson Independent High School in Jackson, Kentucky (about an hour from Lexington). Four melees on the hour starting at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
WHAT IS RGL?
Robot Gladiators League is an innovative, high energy, robotics-based sport that exists at the inter section of technology, engineering and entertainment. This youth STEM learning program with ‘live player’ opposing forces closely mirrors traditional sports team dynamics of coach, team, individual player, taking STEM learning out of the science club and into the athletics arena. RGL takes combat robotics to schools through a sports model with teams, coaches, a season, inter-school matches, playoff tournaments, and offsite championship events. RGL exposes students to hands-on STEM learning in meaningful ways, provides highly engaging resources, connects theory to application, builds technical skills, and creates confident, inspired students. The dynamic and exciting nature of the competitions also provides an engaging spectator element with the potential to attract a broader variety of students to STEM.
Please help us fill the stands!
SOLD OUT: Revere’s Riders Patriot’s Day Weekend: April 20th- 21st
This Revere’s Riders Patriot’s Day clinic is being hosted at Aradyn, Dawn and Bill Cloyd’s Wolfe County property. Although Dawn will be out of the country, Kathy, Bill and Trish will be there!
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* is delivered Thursdays by 2 pm.
-- Morehead is at 9:30 am on Fridays.
-- Winchester & Robert's Health Food delivery is Fridays by 2pm.
-- HOLIDAY weeks will often need to be delivered on different days TBD :)
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!