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Processing Livestock with the Back Woods Butcher – Epi-3563

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Kyle is the owner operator of the Bodyshop 603, a custom exempt butcher shop in northern NH. He also has a growing social media on TikTok and YouTube that he uses to expose his work in the butcher shop and on the farm. Kyle is breeding a cold weather tolerant breed of pigs using a combination of production and heritage genetics. He will also be teaching multiple butchering classes at the upcoming self reliance festival. He returns to TSPC today to discuss the need for less restriction on small farms and homesteaders to process and sell the livestock they raise … Continue reading →

Silvopasture and Grazing Feeds Communities – Epi-3509

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Nick Ferguson joins me as we discuss how we would design a property to actually feed a community living on it. We hear so often, “I am going to get some friends together, buy some land and grow all our own food”. Most of these people are not vegetarians but seem to focus on wanting to grow vegetables, fruits and grains to “grow all their own food”. There is a better way to do this. Join Us Today as We Discuss. The problems with trying to feed a community or family with just a garden What silvopasture is and why … Continue reading →

Backyard Butchery with Tiffany Baxter – Epi-3388

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Tiffany Baxter is the owner and operator of Oklahoma’s first fully mobile butcher shop for beef, pork, lamb, & goat- Backyard Butchery, which opened just April of last year.  She has a fully equipped 36′ trailer for processing.  This allows Tiffany to pull up on your site, slaughter & process your live stock.  They professionally package it for your freezer.  Today she joins us to discuss how she built her business from the ground up. Tiffany also owns and operates Freeland Farms since 2014. Freeland Farms’ focus is in live honey bee removals & relocations, honey bee pollination, pastured GOS … Continue reading →

Episode-2824- Nick Ferguson on Fodder Trees and Soil Health

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Expert council member Nick Ferguson is in town staying at my place this week so we took time and sat down together to do a show on these two very important subjects today.  We also address what we both feel and fear will be looming food shortages in 2021 which will likely continue into 2022. Nick Ferguson is an international traveling consultant specializing in ecosystem engineering. He designs your land to suit your needs from the ground up using principles taken from ordinary civil engineering, permaculture, keyline design and many more design sciences. He runs homegrownliberty.com, and more recently has … Continue reading →

Episode-2709- Eggs the Back Yard Protein that Fed Americans for Generations

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Yesterday I had to be in my car for a bit and so I listened to part of one of Nicole Sauce’s recent podcasts on meat chicken raising.  She covered it all from getting new chicks to butchering them.  It made me realize I have not talked about poultry recently and that hey I wanted to. Not wanting to redo the great work Nicole just did I thought, well lets talk about the other side of bird keeping, eggs.  I grew up at what I kind of like to think of as the end of the great era of back … Continue reading →

Episode-2648- Raising Meat Chickens with Shelby DeVore

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Shelby DeVore is an animal expert, avid gardener and the founder of the website Farminence. Shelby has a bachelor’s degree in Animal and Dairy science, a Master’s degree in Agriculture and Natural resources management. Before founding Farminence, Shelby taught high school agriculture courses. She has taught courses covering a wide variety of agricultural topics, including plant and soil science, hydroculture, greenhouse management, large animal science, small animal science, poultry science, natural resources management and wildlife biology. She has over 20 years of experience raising livestock and gardening. She currently lives with her husband and two (soon to be three!) children … Continue reading →

Episode-2631- A New Look at Back Yard Livestock

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Yesterday we talked about keeping a dairy cow.  Not gonna lie, just for the butter and cheese, I’d love to but it is not in the cards for me.  I am thinking about a neighbor that raises beef and wondering if some consortium of neighbors can be set up with a cow share, but that is for another day. I want to talk to you guys today about various back yard smaller livestock.  Like chickens, ducks, rabbits, quail, pigeons, turkeys and fish.  Odds are almost anyone can keep one or two of these.  I personally see it being way easier … Continue reading →

Episode-2630- Keeping a Family Cow and Still Having a Life

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I have a very important update on CoVid and possible treatments today then we get into our main much happier topic, keeping a family cow. Aust and K Martin have been homesteading with their family of 7 for the past decade. Together they raise all of their families meat, eggs, and milk. Working with Mini Jersey Cattle Aust and K are able to enjoy the wonderful life of Keeping a Family Milk Cow and still enjoy family life, spending time with their young children, traveling, and living off the land. They share their farm fresh adventures on their website thisishomesteady.com, … Continue reading →

Episode-2602- Kinder Goats on the Homestead with Roger McDowell

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Roger grew up on a small family farm in central Kentucky. His working class parents taught him the value of a strong work ethic from a young age. They grew/raised much of what they ate from a variety of livestock and a big garden. They also sold some of their excess produce on the side. Roger was accepted into the US Naval Academy after high school and graduated with an engineering degree in 1981. Upon graduation he took a commission in the United States Marine Corps. After completing flight training at NAS Pensacola he spent the next seven years flying … Continue reading →

Episode-2577- Nick Ferguson on Fodder Trees, Rare Plants, Permaculture and More

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I asked Nick Ferguson of Home Grown Liberty and Rare Plant Store to join me for a chat today for a few reasons.  First as announced on yesterday’s show his new business is offering four different amazing deals with some cool fruiting perennials and some awesome trees as well.  Many of the trees are not just awesome looking but great “fodder trees” as well.  Many are not familiar with the concept of fodder trees or tree hay as it has also been called but it is a great way to feed livestock. Additionally these are only his first offerings, so … Continue reading →