Slaughter Family Farm

12/12/2025

CSA’s will go out next week! Stay warm and safe in the snow and cold.

10/31/2025

The work load lately has got me feeling like a 35 year old blaze foley (seriously dude looks 60 here) but we will be at the tomorrow!

You can stock up on beef soup bones and fat from cattle that are never raised like (slide 2)

We are also trying to move our last packs of spare ribs and ribs slabs. Come grab em’!

See ya in the morning!

10/27/2025

Last week to get your full farm share purchased before the price increases!

https://slaughterfamilyfarm.com/products/full-farm-share-1

Here is a great example of the work it can take to haul it from the field to the plate.

10/17/2025

🌾 Is Regenerative Ag Worth It?
A long-time customer asked me recently if regenerative farming was worth it.

The answer?
Well… it’s a tad convoluted.
Yes.
No.
Maybe.
Uhhh...

When the market moves like a needle — prices soaring at the grocery store, suppliers running into shortages — you’d think that would make it easier for small farms like ours to compete. But it doesn’t. Instead, it drives up the cost of labor, butchery, packaging — and those costs land right on our products.

You jump into this life pretty bright-eyed and green. Especially if you’re like me — grew up around farmland but never actually farmed. Now? I’ve become that meme of an exasperated Ben Affleck leaning against a post smoking a cigarette. (sarcasm...maybe?)

This season, for the first time (cue my youngest daughter singing Frozen in the background), our farm lost money. We’ve been forced into restructuring to keep it floating.

Had it not been for our Douglass Loop family and their generosity, we would’ve called it quits this past May. Actually — we did quit, for a minute. Then my phone rang off the hook after we sent out that email.

I will answer the question in this way...

So, is it difficult to make some form of a profit on a small farm?
No. It’s really not that hard to turn a profit.

Is it difficult to support a family on a small farm income?
Yes. Most farms have at least one family member working a full-time job — often both.

Is it worth it?
If you’re only measuring ROI, labor intensity, or scalability — the answer is absolutely not. It is NOT worth it.

But...

If you ask me about 6:30 a.m. mornings, with 1,000 white puffballs hobbling around in their pasture paddock…
Or pigs in summer, finding that perfect wallowing hole...
Or cows slowly grazing the paddock you worked so darn hard to improve, season after season — and you finally got that mob/intensive grazing pattern right…

Then the answer is always yes.
Forever yes.

We look forward to seeing you for the remaining 2025 season. Thanks for hanging in there with us!

- Justin

10/16/2025

WINTER MEAT SHARES → LIMITED SLOTS
Pasture-raised, Kentucky proud, freezer-ready.

🥩 Winter Cow Shares (Half Cow)
https://slaughterfamilyfarm.square.site/product/half-cow-package/LMHGZBIV3VMQ3CLSKZ74ARNM?cs=true&cst=custom

🐖 Discounted Winter Pig Shares (Whole Hog)
https://slaughterfamilyfarm.square.site/product/discounted-fall-whole-hog/TLW2SL3EWXXL6AKF5AAYVBZ5?cs=true&cst=custom

First come, first served. Reserve your share, and we’ll follow up with pickup details. Real food, raised right. *Ghostface not included.

10/16/2025

Douglass Loop Farmers Market voted #1 in Louisville!

The DLFM was voted best market in Louisville in the LEO. We extend our gratitude for the amazing work of our market managers, the dedicated volunteers, wonderful vendors and the community ♥️.

READERS’ CHOICE 2025
PLACES & ATTRACTIONS
1. Douglas Loop Farmers Market
2. St Matthews at Beargrass Christian Church
3. Jeffersontown Farmers Market
4. Bardstown Road Farmers Market
5. Old Louisville Farmers Market

10/10/2025

We won’t be holding live birds tomorrow at but we will have select free range chicken, Forest pork and grass Finished Beef. We are still out of ground beef but usually has it right across from us!

10/10/2025

If you did not know! You can now build your own box! 10% off your entire order!

Build Your Own Box Build Your Own Box Pre‑order pricing (10% already included). Billed via Square invoice. Invoice must be paid prior to pickup. $250 minimum for home delivery. Full Name Email Phone Pickup/Delivery Market pickup Home delivery (fee, $250 min) ▾ Grass Fed Beef Ground Beef (10 lbs)...

10/08/2025

Weather has been a little crazy but we have deliveries going out this evening! With the rest finishing up Thursday and Friday!

10/03/2025

Yeah. Ok. Let’s block the entire road… anyways, come see us tomorrow at the !

10/03/2025

We will be at the this Saturday 10-2pm. Deliveries are still underway. We will finish them next week.

Our next round of deliveries are the end of the month and first week of November.

Please note: IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR YOUR CSA OR BULK ORDER YET ON THENEW WEBSITE PLEASE DO SO.

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10/01/2025

Drop by to visit with Justin and pick up some protein to bake, grill, smoke, or freeze! The Slaughter Family Farm tent will be fully stocked with chicken and pork, this Saturday October 4th from 10:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m. Good to see y'all again!