Our Story

We are passionate about healthy food, animal welfare, environmental stewardship and sustainable farming

Buy Local,
Eat Well

Our Passion

We are passionate about the latest and most progressive farming techniques that rely on natural systems to improve animal welfare, environmental stewardship, farming culture, food quality, and health.

We are passionate about delivering superlative tasting meat raised with integrity and processed with quality, whether it wears the Marksbury brand or the label of a custom processing client. We are passionate about alternatives. In our current state when almost every food option comes from the same handful of crops, grown the same ways, and marketed by the same handful of companies, diversity and more options are something worth trying to hold on to.

Obviously, we can be pretty geeky about food and farming, and we want to invite you to geek out with us! Come in and see us at one of our restaurants, or check out our blog and look for Pasture at Marksbury’s outdoor and educational events to learn about taking control of your personal food supply. Who doesn’t want to improve their skills in the kitchen, their environment, their local farming community and their health?

Marksbury Farm Partners: Greg Correll, Preston Correll, Leonard Harrison, Richard McAlister, Cliff Swaim, John-Mark Hack

Marksbury Farm Market opened in Lancaster, Kentucky in August 2010, filling a pressing need in Kentucky’s fast-growing local food economy. Each of the Marksbury partners bring varied backgrounds, diverse talents and unwavering commitments to delicious sustainably raised food. The company’s logo reflects its commitment to maximizing the value of Kentucky’s rich pasture and strong farm family traditions through production of the highest quality local, grass-fed meats. All Marksbury products are free of antibiotics, steroids and hormones. We partner with area farmers who share our commitment to land stewardship, animal welfare, and the highest quality standards to bring our products to your dinner table.

The Farm

Marksbury Farm isn’t exactly a farm… or at least it’s not just a farm. But that doesn’t mean we don’t farm. Nearly half of all of the livestock marketed by Marksbury is raised by members of the Marksbury partnership. If you visit these, or one of the other Kentucky family farms that raise the rest of Marksbury livestock, you will find they all comply with the same strict standards and in the words of Joel Salatin are “sensually and aromatically pleasing.” That means pasture settings where livestock act like themselves and are never fed in confinement – an important difference that confers health benefits to the animal, the land and you, and sets these animals apart from well over 99% of American meat livestock.

The Processing Plant

Marksbury has its own USDA inspected abattoir and processing facility. Every single piece of meat that bears the Marksbury brand was processed in this facility from livestock that were raised according to our standards, then slaughtered in this facility. But the Marksbury branded product is not all (or even most) of what we process in our facility. We provide custom processing to many highly valued clients, whether you’re a farmer who wants to put one animal in the freezer or a highly organized local meat company with your own brand and distribution network.

Wholesale Meat Sales

The wholesale side of Marksbury’s business exists to deliver the best meat products of Kentucky’s farms to places where you can find it easily. Marksbury products are sold in local retailers and served in hundreds of local restaurants that use our products to provide an food experience to remember. These businesses steward excellent protein products with the care and innovative excellence that honors the same commitment to quality on the farm and in our processing facility.

Pasture: Our Restaurants and Butcher Shop

Of course the story of Marksbury products always begins with the pasture, but for some products it also ends with a restaurant named Pasture. In addition, there is a closely related restaurant called the Bluebird in the nearby town of Stanford. Both locations source 100% of their meat from Marksbury.

Garrard County, KY Pasture at Marksbury Farm is on the same site as our facility. It is a fast casual restaurant with a variety of burgers, barbecue sandwiches and salads. The Garrard county location is also a butcher shop and market with an on-site butcher and other local, artisanal products (milk, cheese, honey, some produce, etc.).

Stanford, KY The Bluebird restaurant in historic downtown is an associated establishment delivering white table cloth fare in a casual café setting.