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045 Farm prepping for a hurricane, a GMO documentary, eating nutrient dense foods

045 Farm prepping for a hurricane, a GMO documentary, eating nutrient dense foods

FromChicken Thistle Farm CoopCast


045 Farm prepping for a hurricane, a GMO documentary, eating nutrient dense foods

FromChicken Thistle Farm CoopCast

ratings:
Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Nov 6, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Farming Updates in what seems like a farming soap opera:

We were away from our farm when hurricane Sandy came through
Being prepared for disasters
Lessons from this event

Here's the headlamp we talked about


In the CoopCast Community 

Response to a blog post about the cost of raising pigs 
GMO discussion feedback 

Ernest shared a link to a documentary on GMOs

Melanie shared her dream product - Andy's Boar in a Bottle

In this weeks Farmers Choice : People always talk about wanting to "eat healthy" but what does that really mean?  How do you really measure healthy?

Eating healthy and the definition
Nutrient dense food and the difference
Released:
Nov 6, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Sharing our small farm stories and skills along our farming, gardening and homesteading journey. Visit the farm for an informative and sometimes irreverent tour through our garden, livestock pastures, chicken coop and greenhouse as we live - pasture to plate. Farming topics free range around pastured heritage pigs, broiler chickens and pastured eggs, heritage breed turkeys, an heirloom vegetable CSA and garden, high tunnel / hoop house / green houses, organic and traditional gardening, farm infrastructure, tractors, sustainable energy, permaculture, food preservation and even fence mending.