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Faithful Customers | FREE Raw Milk

Contents: 1. Faithful Customers 2. Free The Milk 3. Product Availability Update Faithful Customers- September we completed eight years selling our product via our website and making deliveries. From 2010 till 2016 we only sold whole or half beef & pork and chicken. Thursday a customer placed their order. The order number was 20,000 (that is twenty thousand). WOW! Now, that does not mean we have actually filled 20,000 orders because when someone deletes, cancels or leaves an open cart the number is not reused. But, those are exceptions as most of those 20,000 orders are filled. Additionally, this weekend will be our largest volume delivery ever

Yummy Recipe | On-Sale Item

Contents: 1. Yummy 15-Bean Soup 2. Overlooked Product 3. Turkeys Have Arrived!!! Yummy 15-Bean Soup- This week Beth took a few leftover ham hocks from packing and the bone from one of our smoked hams and used them to make the BEST 15-Bean Soup I have had. (Click the picture to go to HamBeens website)

Farm Updates | Plus More

I’d like to request some of the unprocessed lard ~10lbs. Also, if possible, I’d like a whole Boston butt vs a section of the muscle. Thank you so much for all you are doing! This is such a wonderful local food resource. You have been vital to me and my family recovering our health! April E. We also know April through our Azure Standard drop off. She and many more of our customers are also customers of Azure and meet their truck once per month. If you are not familiar with this company you can check them out here.

Customer Testimony | Part 4 of 4 Dr. Casey Means

Powerful Customer Testimony: One of our 70-year-old customers (I will call him George) wrote the following testimony.... I really enjoyed Dr. Casey Means' book and video. She advocates eliminating seed oils because of their high Omega-6 content and eating at least 2 grams of Omega-3 per day (Good Energy, page 285). Seed oils include soybean oil, canola oil, corn oil, peanut oil, sunflower oil, and safflower oil (Good Energy, page 172). She recommends getting Omega-3 fatty acids from pastured eggs. Grass-finished beef also has Omega-3s. The recommended Omega-6:Omega-3 ratio is less than a 4:1 ratio, with lower being better.

Half/Whole Beef Orders | Part 2 w/ Dr. Casey Means

Half/Whole Beef Orders: Beef sales this year have been outstanding. Especially our half/whole custom beef orders. Frankly, we have had to outsource the processing to Homestead because at this time we don’t have the capacity to handle the increased volume. This has also let us increase the quantity of cuts that we sell through our website. We are planning ONE more harvest of seven beef (14 halves) for 2024. The harvest date will be November 5th. That will give the processor time to complete your order where you can pickup before your Thanksgiving holiday. If you are interested then you need to email me ASAP as we already have folks on the wait list. Here is a link to helpful Ordering Tips.

Farm Updates | Hurricane Francine

Hurricane Francine: After much hype, Hurricane Francine turned out to be mostly a non-event here at the farm. In fact, the storm I wrote about last week was much worse than Francine. We mostly had limbs to pick up and clear from fences. We were very thankful for the 3.5 inches of rain as well as the number of folks who checked in on us. FARM UPDATES: 1. Our new pullets we have ordered are on schedule for delivery on September 14th. They typically need 6 weeks before they start laying. So, supply should improve soon. 2. Last week 71% of the people receiving our Newsletter clicked to open.

Egg Update | Farm Storm

EGG UPDATE: We never really know just how much our customers appreciate our eggs until they are in short supply! Thursday, a young lady from Columbia called because our eggs were out of stock at Corner Market. Every week she drives to Hattiesburg to buy our eggs for her Grandmother who only eats our eggs. WOW. Yep! Our eggs are in short supply right now.

Little Known Products We Offer

Today I want to spotlight a few little known – maybe even radical – products we offer through our farm store. First is Chicken Hearts. This came about through one of our long time Brazilian customers who said they are considered a delicacy in her country. Nutritional Value: Protein: Chicken hearts are rich in high-quality protein, which is essential for muscle growth and repair. Vitamins: They are a good source of B vitamins, particularly B12, which supports energy levels and brain function. Minerals: Chicken hearts provide important minerals such as iron, zinc, and selenium, which

Farm Product Updates

Today we are going to jump right in and start with our meat chickens first. For years we have received our chicks via the USPS. Regardless of the hatchery bought from, there were always problems. Our current hatchery is Valley Farms located in Muscle Shoals, AL – the closest supplier

Our Recent Trip

Today’s newsletter will be a bit different. Instead of a farm specific topic it will be about a short trip Beth & I took in late July. We had been discussing taking a trip away from the farm as it has been years since we spent a night off-farm. The question was where to go as time was short. When we moved back to the farm in 2009 I had started working on some of my family genealogy – a subject for most you are either interested in or not. My mother’s grandfather, Charles Thaler, was six when