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First Aired - 03/14/2010 12:00PM

Alec Bradford of Leaping Waters Farms talks about what it takes to run a farm and raise rare breeds. Also on the show, Steve Pope & Mike Edison.

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The Main Course Introduction (6:49)

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Patrick Martins, The Main Course, Katy Keiffer, Roberta's, Alec Bradford, Leaping Waters Farm, www.leapingwatersfarm.com, Jack Inslee, Nat Weiner, Fairway Market, Shawsville, Virginia, Patrick and ALec drove through the storm, large black hogs, Corsino, moonshine, Home Brewing Review, rum runners,

The History of Leaping Waters (15:40)

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Leaping Waters Farm, Ancient White Park, rare breed, second largest herd in the world, absolutely delicious beef, butchering, prepared foods, Montgomery Country Virginia, info@leapingwatersfarm.com, best grass to be found in the country, 450 acres, 1200 to 2000 lbs steer, grass fed beef, average steer gets you 420 to 600 lbs of meat, 60% of that would be ground beef, bones go to the dogs, hides go for tanning, horns are kept for decorative purposes, restaurants are scared of roasts, Brian Kenny, Hearst Ranch, people don't want to eat pound steaks anymore, CSA, 2 acre garden, meat CSA, the breed of the ancient kings, the legend is that King John I was eating a loin of ancient white park and it was so good that he knighted the loin, Roanoke river, floods twice a year, heritage turkeys, chickens, 100 chickens are enough, Virginia is to the northeast what California is to the rest of the country, growing seasons are longer in Virginia, Shawsville used to be a tourist destination in the 1920's, Healing Springs, Fathering Gate Mansion, General Burnett,

Family Help on the Farm & Breaking the Old Industrial Model (15:00)

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morning chores, animal feeding, family help on the farm, the life of a farmer, Alec has one full time employee, Dewey Hearst, Rodney Hearst, Bubba Hearst, cracklins, skin, help is needed most right now and in the fall, fencing, rotataional grazing with cattle, getting on the right forage at the right time of year, there is a never ending battle with fences, Joel Salatin, Polyface, temporary portable fencing, following rules or breaking rules, agriculture has been going in the wrong direction for the last 50 years, breaking the industrial model, commodity farming, you can get credit from Farm Credit, you could run a 100 cattle a year and supply a good amount of people, everybody is a niche market in New York City, school system buys commodity foods, colleges, public schools cannot be the standard, hospitals, public schools won't pay a premium, corporate cafertias can afford premium, the middle class does not eat very well in this country, you have to be introverted to be a sucessfull farmer, farming is a very difficult job, 22 of 23 piglets were lost to a virus on the farm, close to e coli, swine flu, pigs and ducks in close proximity,

Profile the Univeristy of Texas at Austin (13:20)

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Univeristy of Texas, UT, University of Texas At Austin, www.engr.utexas.edu, Longhorns, Bevo, Bill Saxelby, Megan McBrayer, fifth-largest single-campus enrollment in the nation as of fall 2009, film studies, nutrition, film school, Wes Anderson, Robert Rodriguez, SXSW, South By Southwest, multimedia festival, Austin, 16mm film, sync sound, college life, class project, Steve Mims, Andrew Garrison, Rebel Without a Crew, filmmaking, dark comedies, dry humor, The Hangover, nutrition studies, family sciencs and nutrition, home economics has become nutrition, cell biology, food studies, New York food scene, coffee, alcohol distribution, nutritionists, artisinal beer, raw milk cheese, 60 day aging limit, sustainable farming, www.utexas.edu, NCAA, Basketball,

Fans In The Studio (6:40)

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American Union, Keith Olbermann, Meredith, cost per square foot of art, Renaldo, contemporary art,

Heritage Cooking with Steve Pope (20:00)

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Steve Pope, Heritage breeds, commercial birds, flavorless birds, what are some mistakes made in the kitchen while cooking heritage birds?, time is important, slow cooking, releasing flavor, liquid base, older procedures, moisture retention, cook slow and low, 325 degrees, slowly simmer, roasted bird, Kansas City, P. Allen Smith, www.pallensmith.com, Molly O'Neill, look forward to more segments with Steve!, German depression soup with butter balls, Jersey Giant chicken, cream and butter, salt in New York, MSG, chicken for a week, Good Shepherd Poultry, goat cheese,

Mike Edison Recaps Old Sitcoms & Bashes Times Square (30:00)

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Mike Edison, roller derby, Gotham Girls, velodrome, Manhattan Mayhem, 1 on 1 grudges, wrestling matches on wheels, Wrestlemania, WWE, Sean Michaels vs The Undertaker, The Wrestler, Rick Flair, Hulk Hogan, old men looking for a last pay day, Joan Rivers, Elaine May, Fran Drescher, Britney Spears, Lucille Ball, I Love Lucy, Different Strokes, The Brady Bunch, Welcome Back Kotter, Dennis Hopper, Mr. Ed, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, M.A.S.H., Happy Days, Good Times, Dean Martin comedy roast, being drunk used to be considered funny, Fred Willard, In Living Color, Jim Carey, David Alan Grier, P. G. Wodehouse, Times Square, Coming To America,

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First Aired - 08/09/2009 12:00PM

This week on The Main Course, Patrick and guest host Shanna Pacifico are joined by special guest, acclaimed author, and beef & corn expert Betty Fussell.

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Introduction & Show Summary (10:20)

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Shanna Pacifico, Patrick Martins, The Onion, mimosa, Back 40, organic restaurants, family meal, hot dogs, Alice Waters, tortillas, Julia Child, Meryl Streep, Oprah, Betty Fussell,

Betty Fussell & The History of Corn (4:38)

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L train, beef, Deborah Madison, corn, The Story Of Corn, food books without recipes, token recipes, Mabel Normand, American regional cooking, Midwest, corn farmers, factory farming, ranching, corn has been growing here for 10,000 years, civilization, Betty Fussell,

Is The Kitchen a Living Room? (4:48)

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Michael Pollan, I Hear America Cooking, Sunday Times Magazine, New York Times, cooking has become a speculative sport, New York City, kitchens as part of daily life, James Beard, is the kitchen a living room?, eating out, I Love Lucy, dinner parties, Princeton, do it yourself, beer, chocolate, hors d'erves,

Betty's Experiences With Julia Child & James Beard (7:19)

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Julia Child, Masters of American Cookery, Emma K Fisher, Craig Claiborne, Boston, Brooklyn, Julie & Julia, puff piece, romantic comedy, acting, films, movies, Hollywood, James Beard, Portland, culinary, Garrett Oliver, Paris, France, American culture,

Beef, Food Trends & The Industrial Machine (6:04)

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White Oak Pastures, Bushwick, food trends, local organic, green, we are in a period of immense change, food networks, industrial machine is getting bigger, JBSA, economic realities, we have not begun to catch up to global economics, processed food, Italy, Spain, grocery stores, frozen food, the model for the global economy is the industrial process, China, greenies, affluence, Brazil is the worlds largest exporter of beef, self sufficiency, global affluence, Chinese beef consumption, fat as the comeback kid, American obsessions with single ingredients, beef, meat, production, coffee, Alzheimer's,

Vegans and Puritanism (3:55)

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Betty is unsympathetic towards Vegans, food is fun, pleasure, sin and salvation, livestock, life feeds on life, death is a necessary part of life, slaughterhouses, humane and inhumane practices, not eating animals will not save the planet, crab oils, Back 40, human beings are animals, plants, lobsters, Nora Ephron, Puritanism,

The Politics of Geography & Water (3:15)

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Raising Steaks, America has extreme geographies, geographies conditions culture, the East imposed it's politics on the West, land use laws come from the East, regional government, Eastern philosophy, water issues, Jeffersonian grid, pasture land, water distribution needs to be rethought, the desertification of Las Vegas, lawns are an Eastern idea,

The Secret To Staying Healthy: Questions for Betty (7:42)

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Julia Child, the secret to health is to choose your grandparents very carefully, high metabolism, McDonalds, french fries, Betty has written 11 books after the age of 55, who controls the food world?, the rise of food publications and blogging, Norman Mailer, every person is his own marketer, black garlic, tapping into fame, everybody loves food, how to cook Coyote, hunting for food, longevity, writing, communication, depersonalization, deer, Montana, Roberta's, polenta,

Show Wrap Up (4:49)

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Back 40, East Village, Denny's, slow food, Betty Fussel,

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