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016 Pastured pork meat candy, heritage pig breeds and the FDA on farming and antibiotics
016 Pastured pork meat candy, heritage pig breeds and the FDA on farming and antibiotics
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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Apr 15, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week:
Locally acquired chickens (support a local business),
Around the farm updates,
Preparations for pig farrowing,
Limping Andy and animals on concrete,
Pasture to Plate simple dishes.
In the The Coopcast Community:
Chicks in a brooder - Use a red bulb in your brooder,
What is the best breed of pig?
A gift book and visit,
A listener "uses" his broody hen.
This Week, In The News:
The FDA decided to "recommend" that no on farm antibiotics be used without a vets prescription.
While this sounds like a great thing, with less than 10000 large animal vets in the country, what's the real impact to small farms? (CoopCast 002 discusses antibiotic resistance in the Farm U segment)
Locally acquired chickens (support a local business),
Around the farm updates,
Preparations for pig farrowing,
Limping Andy and animals on concrete,
Pasture to Plate simple dishes.
In the The Coopcast Community:
Chicks in a brooder - Use a red bulb in your brooder,
What is the best breed of pig?
A gift book and visit,
A listener "uses" his broody hen.
This Week, In The News:
The FDA decided to "recommend" that no on farm antibiotics be used without a vets prescription.
While this sounds like a great thing, with less than 10000 large animal vets in the country, what's the real impact to small farms? (CoopCast 002 discusses antibiotic resistance in the Farm U segment)
Released:
Apr 15, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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