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042 Fall farming updates from livestock to vegetable gardens and a discussion about farmer and consumer commitment

042 Fall farming updates from livestock to vegetable gardens and a discussion about farmer and consumer commitment

FromChicken Thistle Farm CoopCast


042 Fall farming updates from livestock to vegetable gardens and a discussion about farmer and consumer commitment

FromChicken Thistle Farm CoopCast

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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Oct 16, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Updates around the farm include:

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The growing season is officially over with a hard freeze last week,
We finished turkeys by processing the last of the Midget White Turkeys,
We got our municipal water bill from over the drought months (WOW),
Winter preparations are ongoing including cleaning out the chicken coop and starting to put the vegetable garden to bed,
Farm stand review for the year.

This week we are having 2 related farmers choice segments about commitment:

From the farmers side, what levels of commitment are required to your livestock, land and customers?  We talk about this in relation to a listener email about his journey into becoming a farmer.
From the consumer side, what and why are you committed to a farm or farmer? And how do your actions speak louder than your words when it comes to demonstrating that commitment?

(This episode was recorded on the eve of our 13th wedding anniversary, hence the commitment theme!)
Released:
Oct 16, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Sharing our small farm stories and skills along our farming, gardening and homesteading journey. Visit the farm for an informative and sometimes irreverent tour through our garden, livestock pastures, chicken coop and greenhouse as we live - pasture to plate. Farming topics free range around pastured heritage pigs, broiler chickens and pastured eggs, heritage breed turkeys, an heirloom vegetable CSA and garden, high tunnel / hoop house / green houses, organic and traditional gardening, farm infrastructure, tractors, sustainable energy, permaculture, food preservation and even fence mending.