Vickery Eckhoff is a journalist who has written for most of the major upscale publications and media companies including The New York Times, Dow Jones, Forbes, The New Yorker, Golf Digest and, for shorter projects, Vogue and InStyle. She has a new blog on Forbes.com called Fat Cats. Her initial series has been an investigation of the horse industry; investigating racing, breeding, responsible ownership and the political and industry forces that are working to open horse slaughterhouses again in the US. Tune into What Doesn't Kill You for a conversation about horse meat, slaughter and health concerns with consumption. This program was sponsored by The International Culinary Center.

"There has to be an outlet for old sick horses. 99% of responsible owners euthanize their horses. Not that many horses go to slaughter - less than %1 of the total population. 70% of all slaughter horses are quarter horses." [4:45]

"Horse meat consumption has been steadily declining for a decade - but for the past few years the sales of horses going to slaughter has gone up and that's attributed to the amount of horse meat being mixed with beef when nobody knew it." [13:00]

-- Vickery Eckhoff on What Doesn't Kill You

Meet Matt Gove, owner of Big City Fish Share. Big City Fish Share is committed to bringing super-fresh, sustainably-caught, and locally-caught seafood to your table. They are working with fishermen and processors near Amagansett, NY, at the tip of Long island. From there they have access to the clean, fresh ocean waters of Gardiner’s Bay, Block Island Sound, and offshore of Montauk. Tune in and learn about Community Supported Fisheries, regional ocean planning and sustainable seafood at large. For more information on Big City Fish Share click here. This program was brought to you by Cain Vineyard & Winery. Music provided courtesy of Takstar.

"We want that face to face connection with the person actually catching the fish, and the customer."

--Matt Gove of Big City Fish Share

Burnt Rock Farm is owned by Justin Rich and Lindsay Lyman-Clarke. Justin runs the day to day operations of the farm, while Lindsay works in town and provides vital labor on nights and weekends. Justin was first introduced to farming as a summer job at a well-established organic vegetable farm. He went on to earn a bachelor’s in environmental geology and then a master’s in horticulture and soil science. He met Lyman-Clarke, originally from Richmond, in graduate school at Cornell and the couple decided to come home to Vermont where she now works for Burton. After purchasing the foreclosed property in 2008, Justin continued working at Full Moon Farm in Burlington gaining experience before moving to Hinesburg.

While Burnt Rock is known for its sweet potatoes, 2013 will see 7 acres of vegetable production and 5 acres of intensively managed cover crops on our glacially terraced soils along and above the banks of the Huntington River. All crops are certified organic by Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF) as they strive to grow the highest quality produce while also stewarding the soil. Burnt Rock makes use of organic amendments such as compost, wood ash, and rock mineral fertilizers, and to keep their soils as biologically healthy as possible though active management of cover crops. Produce is sold at the Burlington Winter Farmers’ Market, The Intervale Food Hub CSA in Burlington, City Market in Burlington, Healthy Living in South Burlington, Joe’s CSA in Montpelier, and through Pakeen Farm CSA in metro Boston. Thanks to our sponsor, Hearst Ranch.

"Farmers' markets are available, but they might not be what you want for you business in the long term." [10:20]

-- Justin Rich on Greenhorn Radio