Ep 190 Beatrix Potter vs. the Vikings
agri-Culture6 Apr 2023

Ep 190 Beatrix Potter vs. the Vikings

It’s the season! Okay, so it could be many seasons, but the Easter holiday is upon us and everything is bursting with life, so we’ll concentrate on the cute stuff like Spring and fluffy sheep. And the one we have today is definitely fluffy, but only if unshorn. Today we’re talking with Erin Bradt of Helder-Herdwyck Farm about the Herdwick Sheep. This sturdy little creature has a different look, a perpetual smile, and some serious survival creds. Viking lore, Beatrix Po...

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Ep 061 San Diego Seed Company: It's a Bug’s Life for These Adapted Locals

Ep 061 San Diego Seed Company: It's a Bug’s Life for These Adapted Locals

Yep, it’s A Bug’s Life, come alive. Collecting seeds is a long-term gig, but it has to be done if the colony (that’s us humans) wants to survive. And even if you’re not on a little island or surroun...

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Ep 060 John Wilkes  and The British Invasion – But It’s a Good Thing This Time

Ep 060 John Wilkes and The British Invasion – But It’s a Good Thing This Time

The whole planet is in the midst of an eruption of disease. Agricultural occurrences are no different than human epidemics, in terms of potential damage. The British Isles are on the list of place...

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Ep 059 Jeri and the Wensleydales:  A Grand Day In

Ep 059 Jeri and the Wensleydales: A Grand Day In

We have to admit – sitting at home is much more tolerable with the cool weather and rain we’ve had in California this year so far. If California has a stay-at-home order in place, it’s much easier wi...

20 Apr 202036min

Ep 058 Spanglish and the Pineywoods - Beginning of Beef Cattle in America

Ep 058 Spanglish and the Pineywoods - Beginning of Beef Cattle in America

We are constantly amazed at our agricultural system, and how fast and how far it seems to have come since the early days. And when people use the phrase “early days” with regard to agriculture in Ame...

12 Apr 202036min

Ep 057 Shasta Ranch: A Close Shave, with No Knit-o-Matic Necessary (thank you, Wallace & Gromit)

Ep 057 Shasta Ranch: A Close Shave, with No Knit-o-Matic Necessary (thank you, Wallace & Gromit)

We are big fans of Wallace and Gromit, thank you, so we’d like to take this opportunity to say that “A Close Shave” is not going to be an issue here. Shaun (read, “Shorn”) can rest easy on this one, ...

6 Apr 202029min

Ep 056 Julie Gauthier, DVM: Honey, I Shrunk the Turkey...the Belstville Small White, that is

Ep 056 Julie Gauthier, DVM: Honey, I Shrunk the Turkey...the Belstville Small White, that is

Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address from November 1863 was a document that outlined Lincoln’s attempt to unify the country in a time of war. It might feel a little like that right now, during the ti...

30 Mars 202029min

Ep 055 Nicole Lemmo: The Mouths we feed -- it starts with a Seed

Ep 055 Nicole Lemmo: The Mouths we feed -- it starts with a Seed

Food. It’s what’s for dinner. Unless it’s not. Well, that sounds self-evident, but as we know from history, food is the one thing we have a hard time living without, and when we say that, we mean it...

23 Mars 202031min

Ep 054 Dugan Tillman-Brown, Firefly Farm: My, those Randall Cattle sure are shiney.

Ep 054 Dugan Tillman-Brown, Firefly Farm: My, those Randall Cattle sure are shiney.

Dugan Tillman-Brown and Firefly Farm in North Stonington, Connecticut. Our second Holstein Dilemma film interview ever, and the moment Elara fell in love. There were so many things we talked about ...

16 Mars 202033min

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