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First Aired - 01/13/2013 12:00PM
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This week on The Main Course, Patrick Martins is talking with Bill Paige: community radio host, musician, and farmer of heritage breeds at Cottonwood Creek Farm in Dripping Springs, Texas. Bill's farm is located in the Texas Hill Country; listen in to hear about the culture of the area, and why Texans harbor such regional pride. Learn about Bill's history in broadcast and journalism! Why did Bill and his wife choose to raise rare breeds on their upstart farm? Learn about some of the breeds of sheep, cattle, and chickens that Bill raises on the farm. Even Bill's dog is a rare breed! Today's program has been brought to you by 360 Cookware.
"You're not a farmer unless you're using your animals for the 4 M's - meat, manure, milk, & muscle." [30:20]
-- Bill Paige on The Main Course
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Manure in the Chesapeake Bay (14:03)
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Bill Paige, KDRP, community radio, Nets, book deal, Heritage breeds, RFK, Jr., Hudson Farm, sewage, Ocean City, Maryland, biosolids, manure, gun control, assault rifle ban, CBS, cabinet, Bonnie, Roberta's, nude, pigs, truffles, dogs,Bill Paige (24:31)
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Hill Country, Friday Free For All, Chicago, gardening, Texas, pasture, radio, college radio, journalism, Loyola University, live, space exploration, sustainability, Highway 290, Merle Haggard, food diversity, food trailers, cuisines, barbecue, brisket, Salt Lick, radio personality, Jessie Scott, XM, public radio, South by Southwest, Bill Saxelby, amateur, musician, Austin, Whitewater, rare breed, Gulf Coast Sheep, heat, disease resistance, worming, factory farm, Dexter cow, wool, meat, lamb, ewe, small farming, ranching, butcher, chickens, Dorking, five-toed chicken, farm dogs, Karakachan, Cottonwood Creek Farm,Coming Up on HRN... (3:08)
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Chad Pagano, guns, Wild Game Domain, wild boar, deer, The Meatball Shop,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/20/2011 12:00PM
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Patrick Martins & the Heritage Foods USA team are knee-deep in Turkey season and today's episode of The Main Course focuses on just that. Patrick's first guest is Frank Reese of Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch, a HFUSA collaborator for over 10 years, who explains the history of heritage breeds and heritage turkeys to listeners. Find out what makes the heritage birds different than commodity birds and why genetic modification is an entirely different process. Later on the show, Daniel Honig & Andrea Trabucco-Campos of Heritage Foods USA call in to give an update on the project. This episode was sponsored by Fairway Market.
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The Main Course: Week in Review (17:44)
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Patrick Martins, Heritage Radio Network, The Main Course, Fairway Market, Week in Review, Erica Wides, Last Chance Foods, Occupy Big Food, Dave Arnold, deli turkey, Cheese Microbiology, Rachel Dutton, Olive Oil, Tony DeMarco, jews & pork, Jeffrey Yoskowitz, Marc Vetri, Phil Roy,Frank Reese of Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch (20:59)
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Frank Reese, Heritage turkeys, Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch, Heritage Poultry, infrastructure, heritage breeds, poultry history, egg production, mutations, genetic engineering, genetic modification, livestock production, meat production, selective breeding, value added products, ducks, geese, Christmas goose, APA seal of approval, American Poultry Association, Farm Forward,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/03/2009 04:00PM
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Today's July 4th themed Farm Report features Callene Rapp, Chairwoman of The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. Callen speaks on how heritage farmers can gain independence from commodity production, and the urgency of preserving our heirloom breeds.
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An Intro to the ALBC and Biodiversity (5:32)
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Callen Rapp, American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, non-profit, extinction, heritage breeds, modern food production, commodity market, Brian Kenny, protecting endangered breeds, Highland Cattle, 4th of July, Frank Reese, biodiversity, pathogens,Callene Rapp on the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (3:34)
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small family farms, industrial agriculture, no extinct breeds of livestock since the ALBC was founded in 1977, education, information, heritage breeds, Terroir, place specific,Indigenous versus Heritage Breeds in America (6:00)
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history of domestication and civilization, Imports, trade, turkey indigenous to America, Heritage, United States as melting pot, culture, roots in other countries, Heritage Foods USA, awareness, Slow Food USA, Ark of Taste,Pathogens, Average age of Farmers and the Future of Farming (14:23)
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pathogen, Irish Potato Famine, importance of biodiversity, USDA, recalls, contamination, industrial systems, food production, cutting corners, need for younger farmers, Chicago Board of Trade, next generation, commodity market,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
