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

September 22, 2017 Mike Badger All Podcasts, Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast 0 Comments

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 “well” each individual farm…

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

September 18, 2017 Mike Badger All Podcasts, Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast 0 Comments

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 thanks to Irma,…

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

September 15, 2017 Mike Badger All Podcasts, Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast 0 Comments

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 food. Their intention…

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