This week on the Farm Report get ready to meet Pat McLenithan of Cambridge Valley Livestock, the largest family-owned livestock auction house in New York state. He talks with host Erin Fairbanks about the ins-and-outs of how a livestock auction house works, from when the animal arrives to when it is sold on sale day and everything in between. Learn about why livestock buyers have some of the sharpest eyes around , what a feeder cow is, and even hear Patrick do one of his amazing auctioneer chants live! This episode is sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

"[Beef] is a commodity ... within a phone call the price can change drastically, it really is like the stock market sometimes."

--Pat McLenithan on the Farm Report

On this episode of Hot Grease, Nicole Taylor is talking all about lard. When you were growing up, do you remember your family collecting bacon fat drippings in a jar? Nicole talks with Hank Will of Grit Magazine about the advantages of eating food that is cooked in lard. Also, Alana Chernila of The Homemade Pantry chats with Nicole about making foods at home, including tortillas and yogurt. Hear about the benefits of keeping your freezer organized! This program has been brought to you by Edwards.

"Leaf lard is a very dense, very pure deposit of fat that typically accumulates in the kidney area...when you render it, it comes out very pure and without flavor." --Hank Will on Hot Grease

"In terms of cost, there are a lot of foods that save so much money [when you make them at home] because when we're buying food at the store, we're paying for packaging, we're paying for transport." --Alana Chernila on Hot Grease

Parish Hall is defining American Northeast cuisine in Brooklyn! On today's episode of The Main Course, Patrick Martins celebrates his birthday by inviting Evan Hanczor and George Weld of Egg, Goatfell Farm, and Parish Hall into the studio. Hear Evan and George talk about their respective beginnings in the food world, and how they came together at Egg. How did Egg lead to Parish Hall, and why do Evan and George choose farm-fresh, local ingredients for the restaurant? How does local food relate to a coherent regional cuisine? Later, Mario and Teresa Fantasma of Paradise Locker Meats come into the studio to talk about the lack of regional slaughterhouses in the United States, and the barriers that prevent entrepreneurs to opening a slaughter facility. How do value-added products bolster Paradise Locker's business? Patrick caps off the episode by tracing the life of a pig from slaughter to plate. This program has been brought to you by Whole Foods.

"People cook eggs a little too hot and long, so they turn out drier than you would want them." [13:20] -- Evan Hanczor on The Main Course

"I feel like there's a lot of myth around (nose to tail)- if you aren't doing it you're consigning the rest of the animal to a terrible fate." [26:30] -- George Weld on The Main Course

"When you do these value-added things, there are ten more regulations for just one product." [37:45] -- Teresa Fantasma on The Main Course