agri-Culture

We're still GACD - Great American Cattle Drive, that is. Today, we'll bring you a visit with a family that we think is peachy keen, absolutely fabulous, and the cat's meow (and yes, there were cats there, too). Three generations of the Freier Family hosted us for a delightful morning at Every Season Farm, learning about life on a dairy farm (and mini science lab) in the rolling hills of Seneca Falls, New York. With the patriarch starting the milk jug rolling, and a pedia...

27 Heinä 202033min

We’re still in the Northeastern United States on our Great American Cattle Drive. This is the area where much of our country’s important paperwork is kept. The Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the documents in the Hall of Records, and the Milking Devon Herdbook, Volume 8. We just had to add that last one and take another little teasing dig at John Hall, President of the American Milking Devon Cattle Association, who owns the only copy (we know of) of that particular book. T...

20 Heinä 202027min

We made it! We have completed our cross-country trip west to east for the first leg of The Great American Cattle Drive (“GACD” has a distinctive ring to it, don’t you think?). We start the film shoot with the American Milking Devon Cattle Association in New England today, but it was fitting that we began our run with a podcast recorded halfway across the country, in Monument, Colorado. We stopped for 24 hours to have a conversation with Rollie and Paula Johnson of Thr...

13 Heinä 202035min

At last, we’re on the road. We’re going to interview wonderful people doing important conservation work, who also strive to ensure our food supply. And we chose a name for our new (used) trailer. It’s a natural fit, as it all started with The Holstein Dilemma. There’s will be challenges — especially over 7,000 miles for a road trip in July during a pandemic — but life is good. Thank you for being a part of it. Links: Www.backyardgreenfilms.com Www.milkingdevons.org Support the ...

6 Heinä 202012min

Maps? Check Masks? Check Gloves? Check Disinfectant foot bath? Check Disinfectant for surfaces? Check Remote clip-on mics? Check Press passes? Check MPAA Safe Filming Protocol List? Check A month’s worth of food and supplies? Check Bathroom in the trailer?......Check. Goodbye, dear and faithful Maggie (our beloved teardrop trailer). Thanks for your good and faithful service, and we will miss you on The Great American Cattle Drive 202...

29 Kesä 202012min

The behavior of individuals and groups seems to be in the news a lot these days. The same concept in the natural world might not hit the news quite as often, but it’s just as important. Any farmer or rancher will tell you that the more you know about what your plants and animals are telling you, the more effective your response can be, and the more you both can produce together. Leaves wilting usually means, “Water, please.” Ears back on the horse usually means “I’m un...

22 Kesä 202044min

Off to New Mexico. High desert all around, blue mountains behind, dry breezes, and the infamous sheep-pig. All of that and more are found in this podcast, even if some parts of that last sentence sound less than plausible. It was there that we met Zach and Ethan, two brothers who raise the rare but deliciously fatty Mangalitza (or Mangalica or Mangalitsa, depending on who you ask). This is a Hungarian breed of pig that is well-known for hitting the top of the pork cha...

15 Kesä 202037min

Here’s a list for you: - Hobbits Otters Wedding shawls Ragnor Dogs Killer Whales Archeological ruins Oil Puffins 80’s rock bands (okay, this one is a little loose) The Ikea catalog Ponies So, what do these things have in common? This podcast, and the Shetland Islands, way, way (way) North of the North Scotland mainland (Did we mention it was up North?). In fact, the Vikings - Scandinavians, if you’re politically correct – made a pit stop in the 8th and 9th century on their way to ...

8 Kesä 202026min