Ep 206 A Little Devon About Bob & Diana

John and Bonnie Hall are two of the most down-to-earth people we have met in our travels. They raise American Milking Devon Cattle (and produce amazing maple syrup) on Maple Breeze Farm in Westbrook, Connecticut. The Milking Devons are called "American" now, but maybe that's because they no longer exist in their original home country of England. And yes, the yummy Devonshire cream you may have heard of comes from these animals. ...

22 Heinä 201933min

City Farmers Nursery is our idea of a good date. This nursery (and feed store, and aquaponics center, and hydroponics supply, and compost source, and...) has been around since 1972, and is smack dab in the middle of San Diego, the 8th largest city in the U.S. Owned and run by family members Bill Tall, Sam Tall and Rebecca Tall-Brown, the amazing business is often more like a field trip than a supply run. It's a good date because you can get ...

14 Heinä 201942min

It's summertime, and the San Diego County Fair just finished it's annual run here in Del Mar, California. Since the event started with agricultural roots way back in 1880, and since we had a great conversation at the fair last year with The Friends of Farming bunch, we thought we would sit down with them for a podcast. Eric Larson, Executive Director of the San Diego County Farm Bureau, was kind enough to have a conversation with us about th...

8 Heinä 201934min

Beef! Bar-B-Q! Texas! Join us, as we visit with John and Debbie, two ranchers that raise the Texas Longhorn - a quintessentially American animal. We felt that our visits to Colorado and New Mexico to see this awe-inspiring creature were a fantastic way to celebrate America's Independence Day. This animal is the epitome of some of the issues that arise with heritage breeds. It is one of the earliest agricultural animals brought t...

1 Heinä 201928min

What do fly fishing, blue eggs, the fashion industry, and the Romans in Britain have in common? Dr. Tom Whiting, of course. Our visit to Whiting Farms in Delta, Colorado was an eye opener. With about 100,000 chickens in one place it's an ear opener too, we can attest. This quietly brilliant man pushes the edge of what new and old chicken breeds can bring to the table, and talks about how to jump to that future while preserving the past. Another mad scien...

24 Kesä 201943min

We are Penn State (rah, rah)! So says Dr. Liu (backed up strongly by Dr. Dechow), in our 2017 interview with the mad scientists of the Penn State University, College of Animal Science. We spoke with them about their fascinating study on Holstein genetics and the impact of the Y-chromosome, which sounds like it could be a bit dry but was definitely not! The good doctors go back in time in a Klingon warbird to bring back germplasm from the 1960'...

17 Kesä 20191h

Most people would think the Dos Equis Man is the Most Interesting Man in the World, but we think it's very possibly Bob Quinn. Organic farmer, mad scientist, author, gardening aficionado, trombonist, savvy businessman, farming activist, philosopher, and all around tinkerer and out-of-the-box idea guy - that's Bob. And he cooks a mean lunch. Please join us for this episode, where we talk with Bob about all of the interests above, his new book tour,...

10 Kesä 201957min

We traveled to Bishop, California for the 50th Anniversary of the Bishop Mule Days and boy what fun we had. Every Memorial Day weekend since 1969, the town of Bishop, nestled on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, comes alive with the annual presentation of Mule Days. There is no way to actually describe Mule Days. It is part mule show, part test of skills, and part Wild West show. It is an event the likes of which are held no where else in the world. Over the six days of the ev...

3 Kesä 201950min