Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast

The Pastured Poultry Talk podcast, hosted by Mike Badger, explores the production, the business, the community, and the entrepreneurs that make direct marketed pasture-raised poultry possible.

PPT057: Interview with a USDA Scientist About Pastured Poultry Food Safety and (non)Pathogenic Bacteria

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5764227/height/90/width/480/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/” height=”90″ width=”480″ placement=”top”]Dr. Michael Rothrock of USDA joins the show to discuss bacteria on pastured poultry. He overviews his research into the common food safety bacteria: campylobacter, salmonella, listeria, and E. Coli. He’s not trying to figure out how pastured poultry compares to conventional poultry production. Rather, he’s trying to figure out how…

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PPT056: Designing Movable Shelters for Pasture Raised Broilers and Layers with Pastured Life Farm

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5743312/height/90/width/480/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/” height=”90″ width=”480″]Today, Dave shares a new 300 broiler design that scales up the typical small-batch design of the Salatin shelters, but falls short of the size found in large scale mobile housing, such as the Mobile Range Coop. I’’s a great middle ground design for those of one small pastures, including silvopastures. And…

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PPT055: Interview with Dave and Ginger Shields – A Journey from Urbanites to Homesteaders to Pastured Poultry Entrepreneurs

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5742869/height/90/width/480/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/” height=”90″ width=”480″]On this episode, I’m joined by Dave and Ginger Shields of Pastured Life Farm in O’brien, Florida. Dave and Ginger started their life as urbanites in Jacksonville, but it was their preschool aged son that made them leave the city and the suburbs in search of a life more connected to their…

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