It's Goatober and that means this week the Farm Report gives you the inside scoop on goats and the idea behind Heritage Food's No Goat Left Behind program. From the differences between meat and dairy goats, goat nutrition, recipes, and herding Erin Fairbanks and tatiana Stanton, the goat extension specialist for NY state, will guide you on this encyclopedic episode. Learn how goat is being transformed from a niche meat to being served in over 70+ restaurants in New York and the myriad way you can prepare a delicious goat dish. This episode is sponsored by Heritage Foods USA's No Goat Left Behind initiative.

This week Growing Good and host Alessandra-Maria Iavarone revisit an important and urgent issue: the continued push by energy companies to extract natural gas through hydrofracking which has been shown to leeches toxic chemicals into ground and drinking water. With the help of activist and mom Silvia Kolbowski, Growing Good keeps you updated on the action alerts that are going on in NY and the Northeast and how you can do your part to make sure our water is safe. Later, the show lightens up as Eldon Scott, the president of Urban Spaces NYC, joins in the conversation to talk about the famous and festive holiday markets Urban Spaces put on every year at Union Square, Lincoln Center, and the Dekalb Market in Brooklyn. This episode is sponsored Heritage Foods USA.

Goatober is almost over, but don't be sad! You can still get your last goat fix on this week's Farm Report. Host Erin Fairbanks talks with farmer Mark Guanzini and his wife Luce who run Highwood Farm up in Spencer, NY. Highwood Farm is also a participating goat farm in Heritage Foods USA's No Goat Left Behind initiative. They talk about the daily life of raising a herd Boer meat goats from the day they are born until they go to market. From how they allow the goats to self-wean, which they believe decreases the stress of the animals being separated from their mother, to why they keep some dairy genetics in their herd the episode is packed with goat info. This episode is sponsored by the No Goat Left Behind initiative.