Upcoming Meeting Schedule: No Meeting this Week!
Upcoming Meeting Schedule: No Meeting this Week!
1st & 3rd Thursday Meetings (Except February! See below!)
Dear MAFA community!
Our next regularly scheduled meeting will be next Thursday, February 22nd at 4974 Old Versailles Road, Lexington 40510. We hope to see you there!
No regular Lexington meeting this week!
This Thursday, Feb 15th at 6:00 p.m.: Growing Herbs! Part of the series of free gardening classes through UK Cooperative Extension.
This Friday, Feb 16th: Bean’s Café fundraiser for liberty candidate
February 22nd: Regular Thursday MAFA Meeting, Chris Cogswell will present on Dissecting ESG.
Thursday, March 7th: Let’s Trade KY Potluck & Networking
Thursday, March 21st, Regular MAFA Meeting: the wonderful Sierra Hamm on navigating the health care system, clean blood, and more! Not to be missed!
Thursday, April 18th Regular MAFA Meeting: a special presentation by Kevin Fitz-Gerald and the Patriot’s Day story of April 19th, 1775; the American Revolution begins!
Newton’s Attic invites you to Robot Gladiator League Melees!
Food pickups: On non-meeting nights, Newton’s Attic will remain open for Food Club order pickups until at least 7:00 p.m. Text Dawn at 859-492-8511 if you need to pick up at a time other than Thursdays.
If you have ideas for guest presenters, please email Kathy at KathyGornik2@gmail.com.
RSVP HERE!
February 22nd Presenter
The presenter will be Chris Cogswell on ”Dissecting ESG”: using the same proxy voting / shareholder action system to oppose ESG!
Learn about Corporate Governance and the legal tools that make ESG function, and why it’s important to use the same tools; the tools serve the values of those using them.
Specifically how large fund managers use investor dollars to influence corporate America to adopt the fund managers’ typically progressive political and public policy goals.
Define ESG and how much money is involved
Dissect the engine of ESG: the shareholder action strategy, and the proxy voting system
Offer suggestions and discuss the importance of using the same proxy voting / shareholder action system to bring opposing values to bear on corporate America
There are many benefits of using shareholder action and proxy voting to vote investors’ values (in addition to influencing corporate America):
The majority of people can participate b/c they already have mutual funds / ETFs or equities in an account
There are many existing tools that take the friction out of the system for individual investors
This is private: no yard signs or other public declarations required; just between advisor and investor
No political parties to navigate or support and no politicians to disappoint
Thursday, March 21st Lexington Guest Presenter: Navigating the Healthcare System with Sierra!
Sierra Hamm is a freedom advocate and health mentor. Beginning before she graduated in 2013 with her Bachelor's of Science in Nursing, she became a certified professional doula. As a doula, she practiced what she learned about patient's rights, self advocacy, informed consent and refusal, and how to support vulnerable people's decision making process within the industrial medical complex. She helped many families during COVID navigate the hospital system and obtain the care they desired while avoiding treatments that were not in alignment with their values. March 21st, join us as we explore self advocacy and how to support loved ones while building a dynamic relationship with your healthcare team. These simple skills can literally mean life or death. We will then discuss an upcoming project, Life Blood, that seeks to encourage un-jabbed people to donate to one another and the greater population of Kentucky.
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 above.
Newton’s Attic invites you to the Season 1: Robot Gladiator Melees
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!
New Presentation Date TBD
To be rescheduled:
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!
Welcome to 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 and a clean planet. 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.
Real food farming practices include:
• non-GMO or organic feed -- hopefully soy-free and corn-free when financially feasible.
• pastured livestock on unsprayed fields
• grass-fed cattle - GRASS-FINISHED IS AWESOME BUT NOT REQUIRED 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 while milking to keep the cows happy and standing still
• unsprayed hay
• organic gardening practices (you do not need to be certified organic but just farm organically)
• 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 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 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. You do not need to be certified organic, just use organic practices.
HOW THE CLUB WORKS
Members order online and pick up their food once a week at their closest drop location. Orders are due on Mondays by 3pm.
Deliveries are as follows:
-- Winchester and Newton's Attic are delivered Thursdays by 2 pm.
-- Morehead is at 9 am on Fridays.
-- 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 (which breaks down to $5/month) as well as a $75 inventory deposit which is returned to you if you leave the club.
If your orders regularly exceed $75, then the inventory deposit will need to be increased. This is so that its clear that the club buys a member's food with the member's money rather than the club buying and re-selling food.
If there is financial need, please contact me and we'll work it out. We want you in the club -- everyone deserves clean food! I can't do anything about the inventory deposit but you can earn the annual membership fee by working with me a couple of days doing delivery!
Here's how to join:
1. Fill out the questionnaire at www.farmmatch.com/kfic
2. I approve that and you get a text letting you know.
3. Then you log back in, sign the Membership Contract and pay the $59 annual membership. You can pay the inventory deposit once you are a member, you'll see that in the catalog.
4. Then you can order!!!
Don't hesitate to ask any questions. Text is best at 859-550-3862 or email sallyoh@pm.me :)
PS. Don't hesitate to share this site with your friends: https://www.farmmatch.com/kfic On the questionnaire, there's a place to write in who referred you -- please be sure to let us know so your referrer get a $5 credit when you become a member :)
Non-meeting Thursdays
Newton’s Attic will remain available other (non 1st & 3rd) Thursday evenings to anyone who wishes to gather or host a special purpose meeting. Regardless of meetings, Newton’s Attic will also remain open until at least 7:00 p.m. for Kentucky Food Independence Club (KFIC) pickups. If you would like to use Newton’s Attic on a non-MAFA meeting Thursdays or any other day, or if you would like to pick up your food order at a time other than Thursdays before 7:00 p.m., please text Dawn at 859-492-8511.