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Meet Will Harris, the the owner/operator of White Oak Pastures, a multi-generational family farm that was established in 1866 in the small, southwest Georgia community of Bluffton. White Oak Pastures is the only farm in the United States that has both a beef and chicken abattoir on the property. Erin Fairbanks interviews Will on this week's episode of The Farm Report. Mr. Harris explains what inspired him to transition away from the big industrial farming model and back to the humane and organic methods his great grandfather practiced. Learn more about what animal welfare means at White Oak Pastures and how they set the standard for excellence in modern livestock production. This program was sponsored by __________"
"We're the only farm in the country that has both a beef and poultry slaughterhouse on the farm - we're very proud of that."
"When I was in my 40's in the 1990's I became digusted with the excesses of the industrial practices and started transitioning back to the ways of my great grandfather."
"Good animal welfare is very easy to determine. If you enjoy watching the animal - you have good animal welfare. The animals need to be able to express their instinctive behavior."
--WIll Harris of White Oak Pastures on The Farm Report
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First Aired - 05/23/2013 01:00PM
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Sample some exotic meats on this week's installment of The Farm Report! Erin Fairbanks is joined in the studio by Ben and Dan Del Coro of Fossil Farms. Fossil Farms began as an ostrich farm, and has come to be a one-stop-shop for all sorts of exotic and game meat: wild boar, bison, elk, and more! Find out why wild and game proteins are lower in fat than farmed animals, and hear why the demand for game has increased over the past few years. Learn how Fossil Farms uses every part of its ostriches. How do the lack of regional slaughterhouses affect Fossil Farms' business? Find out on this week's episode of The Farm Report! This program has been sponsored by Whole Foods. Thanks to Idgy Dean for today's music.
"When consumers go out looking for different proteins, we're a good place to land because of the variety of products that we offer." [4:40]
"Game meat, if you go back 80 years ago, was on restaurant menus and a regular part of our diet." [8:30]
"Bison is America's original grass-fed beef." [21:20]
-- Ben Del Coro on The Farm Report
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The Return of Game Meats (17:20)
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First Aired - 12/22/2011 01:00PM
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This week on The Farm Report keeps it extra local with Maggie Cheney of EcoStation NY. They discuss the various local agriculture programs that she is helping run, from the Bushwick Farm Campus to educational programs on composting at schools in Brooklyn. Tune in to find out how you can join the fight for better agriculture education in New York through volunteerism or many other routes. This episode is sponsored by Heritage Foods USA.
"We want to feed the community"
"We want to feed the community"
--Maggie Cheney on the Farm Report
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