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.

PPT017: Cooperative Livestock Marketing Cody Hopkins – It’s Nice to Have Friends

Cody Hopkins of Grassroots Farmer Cooperative and Falling Sky Farm joins Mike Badger and Grady Phelan to talk about the power of farming friends.  In it’s second year of operation, the cooperative expects to market 70,000 broilers, 2,000 broilers, 400 hogs, and 60 head of beef. Cody and his wife Andrea are first generation farmers who…

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PPT016: Listener Q&A with Grady and Mike

 After several solo shows, Mike and Grady come together to kick around some listener questions and issues. We dig deep into the following:  A listener asks if 8 week old Cornish Cross cockerels are touigh. We kick that answer around and use the occasion to talk about the differences between raising straight run, all pullets, and all…

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PPT016: Listener Q&A with Grady and Mike

After several solo shows, Mike and Grady come together to kick around some listener questions and issues. We dig deep into the following:  A listener asks if 8 week old Cornish Cross cockerels are tough. We kick that answer around and use the occasion to talk about the differences between raising straight run, all pullets, and all…

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