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093 Modern trends in swine production review, deposit based farming, common sense laws
093 Modern trends in swine production review, deposit based farming, common sense laws
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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Nov 14, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This is a coopcast unlike any other... it's our first foray into an immersive multimedia experience. We play the video "Modern Trends in Swine Production" from 1961 produced by US Steel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcqxI7a6wSM). It's really cool to look back over 50 years to how pigs were produced and how we stack up today. So join us as we walk the fields with a true swine specialist!
From there we free range over to some more contemporary farming topics like "how do I get started" and "I know how to farm better than you". There's a lot of people out there who think they are the person to change the way the world grows food... meaning they think they are smarter than all the people in agriculture over the last 10,000 years. Beware of them!
Then we talk about deposit based farming. We explore the why's and how's of what we do. This was a great question by Tyler and we do our best to explain the risks and rewards of this approach.
Finally we respond to listeners that asked us about the legal world around small scale farming. Don't you think we all need some common sense laws around agriculture, food production and direct to consumer farms? Who doesn't think that some common sense controls around things like, ohh, raw milk make us all safer?
Join in on the discussion on our Facebook page @ facebook.com/chickenthistlefarm or hit us up on Twitter @chickenthistle and let us know your thoughts!
From there we free range over to some more contemporary farming topics like "how do I get started" and "I know how to farm better than you". There's a lot of people out there who think they are the person to change the way the world grows food... meaning they think they are smarter than all the people in agriculture over the last 10,000 years. Beware of them!
Then we talk about deposit based farming. We explore the why's and how's of what we do. This was a great question by Tyler and we do our best to explain the risks and rewards of this approach.
Finally we respond to listeners that asked us about the legal world around small scale farming. Don't you think we all need some common sense laws around agriculture, food production and direct to consumer farms? Who doesn't think that some common sense controls around things like, ohh, raw milk make us all safer?
Join in on the discussion on our Facebook page @ facebook.com/chickenthistlefarm or hit us up on Twitter @chickenthistle and let us know your thoughts!
Released:
Nov 14, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
025 Moving broiler chickens to the pasture, bolting vegetables in the gardens (gardening in the heat), stress of farming: We moved the broilers to fresh green pasture on the farm and share pig and turkey updates. We talk about a new garden shed to store the gardening tools in. We also share the stress on people and plants when gardening in summer heat and CSA plants bolt! by Chicken Thistle Farm CoopCast