V. Mac’s Beef Tips – March, 2009

Grassfed Filets & Chocolate Makes “Love Potion No. 9”

About the time I started kissing girls, a song came out call “Love Potion No. 9”. I had a lot of fun singing that song and ---------well you know the rest. However, we now have the real love potion that we are calling “Sweethearts 4-Ever”. It has been reported to even work better than Chocolate covered strawberries.

Our “Sweethearts 4-Ever” offering consists of two 6 oz Baldwin Charolais Grassfed Filet Mignon Steaks and a 12 oz Gourmet Chocolate Fudge Heart made by SugarRush, Mebane, NC., all for $30.00 plus S&H. We are making this a standard offering on our website (www.baldwinbeef.com).

As you may know, the Filet Mignon Steak is the highest valued cut in the entire Steer. It is known as the “Ladies Steak” because it is small and tender. The next time you enjoy a Porterhouse or T-Bone Steak, please pay attention to the big side and the little side of these steaks. When taken apart, the little side is the Filet Mignon and the big side is the NY Strip. And when you finish off a good Baldwin Filet Mignon steak dinner with a few oz’s of SugarRush Gourmet dark Chocolate Fudge and a good cup of Coffee----now you have got the REAL DEAL----Love Potion No. 9.

I have to confess that “Sweethearts 4-Ever” is not my original idea. But it is a great idea which came from Pastor Lamarr Mooneyham in a sermon series that he preached at The Tabernacle in Danville, Va.

V. Mac

Ps: The Good News Is: Jesus said “--- learn of me --and you shall find rest unto your soul.” --- St Matthew 11:29

V. Mac’s Beef Tips – February, 2009

Did You Know?

Buy Local and Forget COOL

As CONSUMERS we must be protected by our Federal Government from doing something stupid. My mother would never buy meat from an unknown source. However, Uncle Sam is worried that I will; therefore, Congress and USDA have devised a new law known as Country Of Origin Labeling (COOL). The law went into effect on 9/30/2008.

Allen Nation, editor of the Stockman Grassland Farmer, has dug into the new law and has found some loopholes. Here are a few:

1. The COOL law only applies to retail stores that sell BOTH meat and vegetables. Butcher shops are exempt (can you believe that!).
2. Hamburger only requires labeling that identifies countries from which the meat might have come.
3. All processed meats are exempt. One drop of sodium or liquid smoke and the COOL law goes out the window.
4. All restaurant sales are exempt.

And there is more, such as grace periods during which the labeling laws will not be enforced. Allen Nation concludes that the “COOL law is a Big Joke”.

Something that is not a big joke is LOCAL. If you will shop for LOCALLY produced foods, you can forget about COOL. My favorite market for Local Foods is Whole Foods. In fact you can find our beef in seven (7) Whole Foods Markets’ in central North and South Carolina or come to our Local Farmers’ Market in Carrboro, NC. Or, better yet, just come to our Baldwin Beef Farm Outlet. It can’t get more LOCAL than that.

By the way, check our website (www.baldwinbeef.com) for a neat Valentine Special---Two Filets and a 12 oz Chocolate Gourmet Fudge Heart from Sugar Rush in Mebane, NC.

V. Mac

The Good News is —Blessed are all those that put their trust in Him (Jesus) --- Psalm 2:12

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Did You Know We're Back On-Line!

Thank you for supporting our family farm and subscribing to our V. Mac’s Beef Tips. This is an email newsletter from V. Mac and Peggy Baldwin, owners of Baldwin Family Farms, and producers of Baldwin Charolais Beef, Grassfed, All-Natural and Extra Lean.

Since last year, we have been off-line due to a “Good Kinda Problem”. The growth in our subscribers had simply over-whelmed our database and our ability to manage the distribution. We have since gotten some professional help and we are now back on-line with a new automated system.

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JANUARY SPECIAL: A free Burger Press will be shipped with any size Family Pac ordered in January, 2009.

For more information please feel free to contact us via our web site at www.baldwinbeef.com.



Blessings,

V. Mac

The Good News—Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord (Jesus) shall be saved. ---Romans 10:13