Prepare Your Freezer Space

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August 31, 2022

Good Morning Tribe!

I have exciting news: On September the 12th we'll open our annual Pastured Chicken Savings Event!

So what's the point of a Chicken Savings Event?

It's simple... food security and saving money all in one fell swoop. I somehow doubt if anyone will object to that combo! :)

Here's how the food security and saving works:

Our family offers you a steep discount to stock extra chicken in your freezer, we store all we can here in our farm freezers, and between the two of us your food supply is secured... and the discount price is locked in.

Why Chicken Savings in September?

Summer is the only time of year we can raise Truly Pastured Chickens out on lush grass each day. Because of this, we need to grow lots of extra birds each summer so you can still have pastured chicken even during the snowy winter months. :)

We pack our freezers full with chicken in August and September... Then comes October and it's time to harvest pastured Thanksgiving Turkeys.

We need your help with this. Our farm freezers are maxed out.

So... prepare your freezer space for massive savings on our Truly Pastured, Chemical-Free, GMO-Free, Soy-Free Chicken.

If you don't have a chest freezer, buy one.

There are 5 cubic foot freezers here for under $175... You will be able to pay that investment off with the savings from one large bundle during this chicken event.

Seriously. A chest freezer is a totally astounding return on investment!

I can't promise this big of savings on our chicken every year, but here is what I can promise.

We will always give volume savings bundles at specific times of the year to help balance the seasonal nature of real farm life.

If you buy a chest freezer now, you will have space for:

September Chicken Savings: coming soon
January Pork Savings: after our late fall harvest
May Beef Savings: just in time for the griller season
July Seafood Savings: during the sockeye salmon run

And aside from all these special savings events, we still offer 5-pack or 10-pack savings whenever possible throughout the year.

It's a no brainer, really. A chest freezer can help you save more on every order.

If you have one already, be sure to prepare space for this upcoming Pastured Chicken Savings Event to secure your food supply and secure your savings.

If you're even somewhat interested in these savings, be sure to let us know by Joining the Chicken Savings Event.

We encourage you to sign up so we know who is interested in more event details and full access on the 12th. Signing up to be kept informed does not obligate you to buy.

All the best,

Wesley

~5th generation on the farm

Rodrick & Jeanette are moving to Colombia, South America

Good morning Family Cow friends, Today I have some news that's a bit personal, but it only seems right that you should know. Our oldest son, Rodrick, with his wife, Jeanette, and family are planning to move to Colombia, South America next month. Yes, you heard right. Colombia South America. Just above the equator. We still can hardly believe it either :) Our church conference is starting a new congregation there at the request of local Colombians asking for a Biblical church and faith community. But it's also located on the border with Venezuela, so a big part of their work will be to help relieve the ongoing Venezuelan refugees crisis. This new congregation, "Amigos del Prójimo" (Friends of the Neighbor), is located near the border town of Cúcuta, Colombia. Jeanette grew up in Guatemala, and Rodrick has spent time there so both of them are fluent in Spanish and understand the Latin American culture. For this reason, Dawn and I were really not totally surprised that the mission board thought of them when looking for families to establish the new church plant. Their combination of skills and cross cultural experiences made them seem a natural fit. But that did not exactly make giving them up any easier! We are still working on that process! Here are a few pictures from the area near Cúcuta. Distributing meals to the homeless... Música, anyone? 😉 I'm not sure what the point of this car was, but Rodrick said they heard it coming from several blocks away... Checking out the countryside... Sofia with a new little friend Exploring a mountain road (part of the Andes mountain range) After months of prayer and consideration and several visits to Colombia, Rodrick and Jeanette made the tough decision to answer the call to move there for an indefinite length of time. Though it is hard for us to let them go, we do give them our blessing.One comfort is that Rodrick is not abandoning The Family Cow. With today's technology, he'll still be able to do much of the management work and accounting work that he has done before... so this change shouldn't necessarily impact you, but it will represent some definite changes for our family and team.Rodrick plans to work remotely, doing many of the same business administration duties, but he will turn over the General Manager role to his younger brother Wesley. Rodrick also plans to continue giving management support to the Olde Tyme Meats butcher shop team.The other four brothers tell Dawn and I not to worry about the farm and business management, but I know there will be changes. We'll just need to find our way one step at a time.Dawn and I are not sure who's making the greatest sacrifice—the ones staying or the ones moving. :) I guess it is all of us. And that's ok.As far as Rodrick and Jeanette's Amen Acres farm, if all goes as planned, we'll have one of the other brothers live on that farm to manage the care of the grass-fed beef and pastured pork.There is no doubt about it... we will greatly miss having Rodrick and Jeanette, Andre, Clara, Sofia and Leo nearby. But they remind us that airplanes fly both ways, that they will return a few times a year for visits, and that we of course can come down to visit them too.Who knows—maybe someday Rodrick and Jeanette can grow cacao beans and make single origin organic specialty chocolate for our Family Cow tribe. How neat would that be? Don't think it's impossible. Just last week we introduced single origin organic coffee straight from Jeanette's family in Guatemala. :)In spite of unknowns, some things never change. We do know that "all things work together for good to those who love God." (Romans 8:28) So... we'll just focus on loving God and we'll trust Him to work out the good that only He knows! Faith, Hope and Love,Your farmer - Edwin for Dawn too

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