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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

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5742869/height/90/width/480/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/” height=”90″ width=”480″]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…

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PPT048 Pat McNiff Goes from Cocker Spaniels and Hamsters to Professional Pastured Poultry

March 4, 2017 Mike Badger All Podcasts, Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast 0 Comments

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5139850/height/100/width/480/theme/standard-mini/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/” height=”100″ width=”480″] In this episode, I profile Rhode Island pastured poultry farmer Pat McNiff of Pat’s Pastured. At the time of this interview, Pat raised 11,000 broilers, 600 turkeys, 1,800 laying hens, 250 laying ducks, 150 meat ducks, and 50 quail, in addition to hogs and beef. We cover a lot of ground about…

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PPT036 Frozen Chicken Completely Changed Healthy Hen Farms Business – A Profile of John McAuley

March 11, 2016 Mike Badger All Podcasts, Pastured Poultry Talk Podcast 0 Comments

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4213371/height/100/width/480/theme/standard-mini/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/” height=”100″ width=”480″] North Carolina producer John McAuley (Healthy Hen Farms) joins the show to talk about his pastured broiler operation, marketing frozen chicken, and some lessons learned in the brooder.  John focuses on pasture-raised broilers and turkeys and expects to raise approximately 8,000 birds in 2016. John started his pastured poultry career in the…

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