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Thanks to our friend TJ Bean, we now have this fantastic logo for Bluegrass Beef!

I absolutely love it.  I'm ready to plaster it all over hats and T-Shirts.

Speaking of Bluegrass Beef, we now have a Facebook Page!

Come on over and 'like" us on Facebook.

Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend.  I'll be back soon with a post to show you what we did.

thank you

 

Do y'all know what the 5 Love Languages are?  The 5 Love Languages in a nutshell are the 5 different ways that people express and receive love.  They are : words of affirmation, acts of service, quality time, physical touch, and gifts.  You can read more about them here.

My Love Language is words of affirmation.  This means I tend to express love to others through compliments, and kind words.  I also feel the most loved when someone expresses love to me with words and compliments, either written or spoken.

I'm saying all this to say - thank you!  Over the past few weeks we've had several friends kind enough to try our beef, and they've let us know how much they enjoyed it through comments on this blog, texts, voicemails, etc.  This is especially meaningful to me because of that whole love language thing.

Your words have really made me feel good, and that means a lot!

If you didn't get to try the beef this time around, no worries!  You'll have another chance in a month or two.  You can be sure I'll let you know when it's ready.

Thanks again, y'all!

the beef is in

The Girly Bird and I drove down to Marksbury Farm in Lancaster yesterday to pick up our beef.  It was almost an hour and a half one way.  I'm not complaining, just sayin'.

We made burgers for dinner, and if I do say so myself, the beef is goooood.  There's always a bit of unknown with grass fed beef.  It can taste a bit different with each steer depending on what they were eating, their age, etc.  This one worked out really well, and Daddy Bird and I breathed a collective sigh of relief.  Ahhhhhhh.

Then the fun began.  We were up past 1 AM parceling out all the beef that had been prepurchased, and then freezing it.  Ugghh.  This morning came a bit too early.

All our steaks and roasts are sold.  We've got lots of ground beef left.  If you are local and may be interested, drop me an email at bluegrassbeefky@aol.com

Happy Friday - I'm off to bed.

so...what's a csa?

Our friends, Shane and Mary Courtney (along with their 2 kids) are a farming family in the truest sense of the word.  Shane and Mary both grew up on farms, but following college they each took jobs that were in the field of agriculture, but not actually farming.  A few years ago, the Courtneys decided to buy a farm, and transition into farming full-time.  They raise tobacco, but in an attempt to diversify, vegetables were added to what they grow.  Shane and Mary raise over 90 varieties of produce. 

Makes my little garden with tomatoes and squash look kind of small.

Last year the Courtneys began a Community Supported Agriculture program, or CSA.  In a CSA, members partner together with a farmer, in this case Shane and Mary, by buying a "share" of the produce raised.

A CSA has many benefits. 

 Members are able to enjoy fresh, local produce that was picked usually that morning instead of days ago and then shipped across the country.

It's like having your own garden but without all the work!

The benefit I appreciate the most is knowing exactly where your food comes from.  We have a personal relationship with the farmer that grew our veggies.  I like that, and I like being able to support another local farmer.

We purchased a share this year and each week we pick up our bag of produce.  It's so exciting to see what's waiting in that heavy green bag!

Rainbow swiss chard!   How beautiful is that?  I used it to make a really yummy greens and eggs recipe from the Courtney's website.

A sunburst patty pan squash.  Pretty, huh?

Here's my favorite...

Beets, ya'll.

I love me some beets.

We're not talking the canned pickled beets you get on the salad bar at Ruby Tuesday.

I'm talking, I watched Mary Courtney pull these beets fresh out of the ground this morning, beets.

Did you know if you clean fresh beets and trim the tops and bottoms off, wrap them in a foil packet with some olive oil and roast them at 375 degrees for 45 minutes or so, something magical happens?

When they cool, you can peel them, slice them and serve them with some kosher salt and pepper if you like.

Oh. My.

Who knew something as homely looking as a beet could taste so good!

I encourage you to investigate CSAs in your area.  If you live around the Shelbyville/Louisville, KY area, check out our friends the Courtneys.

If you live elsewhere, check out http://www.localharvest.org/ to find a CSA in your area.

Have a great week ya'll!

it's official!

Bluegrass Beef (our grassfed beef business) officially has beef for sale!

You can read more about it today on our friends the Courtneys' website and blog.

Mary and Shane Courtney are a local farming family that also run a CSA or Community Supported Agriculture.  They have graciously allowed us to partner with them to offer our grassfed beef to their CSA members, and non-members alike.

What is a CSA you ask?

Read more about it on the Courtneys' site, and stay tuned here for a post on that topic soon.

We will also sell beef privately to family, friends, and others, but buying through the Courtney's site allows you to support 2 local farming families at once.

More to come!