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The Naturalist Introduction: Raptors (14:36)
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The Naturalist, Bernie Wides, Carol A. Butler, Heritage Radio Network, Steve Jenkins, Fairway Market, rooms in lodges and inns were made with a perch, hunters had special facilities for their birds, special perching equipment, developed over thousands of years so birds don't injure themselves, you can't stick a falcon in a parrot cage, capturing birds by using bait, first thing you do when you capture a hawk is weigh it, molting, Audubon New York, imprinting, taming birds, keeping birds as pets, vulture puppets, taking rare animals out of the wild, raptor regulations, falconry, has zero impact on activity, hybrid falcons and hawks, by law cannot be released in the wild,Ornithologist Peter Capainolo (27:37)
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Cooper's Hawk, Green Chimneys Children's Services, Birds of Prey Day, breeding Peregrines in captivity, collecting semen from male birds, how do you collect semen from a raptor?, a hat with a brim, the bird perches on the top of the hat and copulates, semen will be collected at the brim of the hat, captive breeders would keep imprinted males for this purpose, strip the male and rub the back where the kidneys are, seminal fluid is secreted this way, reproductive qualities of raptors,Download MP3 (Full Episode)
Cutting the Curd - State of Cheese: Michigan (15:51)
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Anne Saxelby, Cutting the Curd, Heritage Radio Network, Fairway Market, Steve Jenkins, State of Cheese, Michigan, Ann Arbor, Zingerman's Creamery, Aubrey Thomason, 25% of cheesemaking is dish washing 25% is cleaning 25% is wrapping and the finals 25% is actual cheese making, goat cheese production, Cheese Experience Indicator, lactic style fresh cheese, blue mold originally comes from rye bread, double cream cows milk cheese, relationships with farmers, dairy farmers, adding value to dairy, hard industry to make profit in, Great Lakes Cheshire, Michigan Cheesemakers Cooperative,Aubrey Thomason of Zingermans Creamery (14:17)
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Joshua Miner, president, Michigan State University, grant for a cheesemakers cooperative, Barbara Jenness, Byron Center, US Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Service, long term vision for dairy in Michigan, there are not many resources available right now, especially for goats milk cheese, milk bottling plants, glass bottled low temperature pasteurized milk, infrastructure, transport, distribution, value added products, www.greatlakesgreatcheese.com, raw milk in Michigan, somewhat legal, member share programs, raw milk bust, you should always buy raw milk from a regulated source, boom for small scale dairies, 60 day aged Great Lakes Cheshire, the cheese takes the shape of the cheesemaker behind it, future plans, making the dairy industry economically productive, home cheese making, education, courses, mozzarella classes, www.zingermanscreamery.com,Download MP3 (Full Episode)








