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A Reason For Hope

A Reason For Hope - This newsletter has been hard to put together – so many different yet related inputs it has been difficult to keep the focus corralled and the length within reason. So, I will simply use a few excerpts from a recent podcast with Dr. Mark Hyman on TCN. The FACTS are clear – Centralized, Cheap, Commodity, Processed, and etc. food (as it is called – not what Webster calls food) is a complete FAILURE. FAILURE is across all races, includes male & females, and income levels. However, lower income levels are affected at a higher level and the Southeast US is also higher. FAILURE is not only in physical health with the increase in chronic diseases, but also mental health

Two Exciting Farm Updates

Contents: 1. Fifty-Six (56) New WY Yearlings 2. Silvopasture 3. Job Opening At Nature’s Gourmet Farm 4. Product Availability Update

Free RAW Milk | Election Impact on Food Health

Free RAW Milk- Last week I started a conversation around RAW milk and showed test results where raw milk is very similar to a human mother’s milk and contrasted it to current pasteurized milk that has none of the active ingredients found in human milk. I then asked folks two questions: 1. Is raw milk something you would be interested in for your family? 2. Would you like to receive communications about what we are doing and how you can help effect change?

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.

Farm Updates | Part 3 of 4 Dr. Casey Means

Contents: 1. Half/Whole Beef Orders 2. Thanksgiving Turkeys & Smoked Hams 3. Beef Herd Improvement 4. Part 2 of 4 with Dr. Casey Means 5. Product Availability Update

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.

Thanksgiving Turkeys & Ham | Part 1/4 Dr. Casey Means

Contents: 1. Beef Restock 2. Thanksgiving Turkeys & Smoked Hams 3. Part 1 of 4 Dr. Casey Means 4. Product Availability Update Beef Restock: every couple of months our beef cut/pack restock falls just before our Jackson Metro delivery.

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.

Restock Dates: Please see our Farm Blog where we post our weekly newsletter for the latest updates

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