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.

PPT021: Evaluating Pastured Poultry Enterprises: It’s OK to Quit

For the first time in public, Mike (millsidefarm.com) announces that he is retiring the mobile processing service. That sparks a conversation between Grady and Mike on enterprise analysis in general. Grady draws on his Ranching For Profits education while Mike draws on a transformational concept of “quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers,” Seth…

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PPT020: Selling Eggs at Market

A listener asks about the regulations of selling eggs at market. It’s different by state of course, but we cover the hightlights of what’s required in the context of Oklahoma, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Important questions arise from this discussion, such as “will your market support your expected volume of egg sales and exactly how clear…

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PPT019: On-Farm Chicken Processing Help with Transport, Scalding, and Plucking

Grady opens his Texas slaughter house for business, and he’s looking for a new apprentice. Apprentices, can go to eagerfarmer.com. Mike’s been processing with a group of chefs-in-training at a local-to-him college. So it seems appropriate to spend time answering some really great processing questions from the Pastured Poultry Talk audience. Do you put anything…

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