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PPT033: UC Davis Builds an Egg Mobile and Joins the Pastured Poultry Community

Members of the UC Davis pastured poultry research farm join the podcast to tell us about their project. Mike is joined by Dr. Richard Blatchford and Carine Elkhoraibi. The project describes itself as “a new education, research and innovation hub for pastured poultry producers (layers and broilers), master gardeners, backyard flock keepers, academia, students, food buyers, food…

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PPT032: Show Updates and Upcoming Poultry Events

In this episode, we provide you with some show updates and explain our infrequency and most importantly, tell you how we’re moving forward. Mike has upgraded his podcast studio–what do you think about the sound? We also share one of the hottest pastured poultry events happening in the February in conjunction with the Mother Earth…

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PPT031: Mark Kastel of Cornucopia Institute discusses organic egg production

Mike interviews Mark Kastel of Cornucopia Institute to discuss the Institute’s report “Scrambled Eggs: Separating Factory Farm Egg Production from Authentic Organic Agriculture.” The gold standard in organic egg production, according to Mark, is smaller, pasture-raised flocks, and these are the farms that earn the coveted 5-egg rating in the accompanying egg scorecard.  At about 14…

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