Patricia Foreman, chicken activist and author, joins Pastured Poultry Talk to discuss the importance of having chickens in your life. She’s chicken taught and passionate. Pat talks about: The multi-purpose chicken as meat, eggs, fertilizer, topsoil, compost, herbiciders and insectiders Chicken stimulus package Chickens as therapy and pets with benefits Why we should be thinking…

Anna Bassett, Lead Technical Advisor for Animal Welfare Approved (AWA), joins host Grady Phelan to talk about the fundamentals of AWA certification. The AWA standards start with pasture and range. No dirt lot and confinement birds here. Think AWA certification might be for you? Listen up. Resources Animal Welfare Approved Mike Badger Grady Phelan Check…

At the Stone Barns Poultry School in March 2015, Mike Badger caught up with poultry author and homesteader Harvey Ussery. Harvey discusses sustainable poultry, the clan mating system, and the allure of adding heritage breeds to your flock, even for market producers. Resources and Links Using the Clan Mating System (at The Modern Homestead) Grady Phelan…