Livestock & Critters

Category: Livestock & Critters

Traditional Dog Diet: Raw Feeding

Traditional Dog Diet: Raw Feeding

Healthy meat processing is kind to the animals and produces the best tasting meat! Watch, listen, or read for the best way to slaughter and butcher meat -- whether you're sourcing your meat from a local farm or doing the processing yourself! | AskWardee.tv

Healthy Meat Processing — The Best Way To Slaughter & Butcher Meat #AskWardee 084

probiotic frozen yogurt dog treat with black lab

Probiotic Frozen Yogurt Dog Treats — 3 Nourishing Flavors!

Eating Locally CSA Farm Tour | We're heading down home... to your farms! Urban, suburban, or rural -- whatever you're growing and doing, we want to see it. Today you get to visit the Romans from Indiana. From their two farms, they specialize in heirloom veggies of all kinds and share with others via their CSA. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Eating Locally CSA Farm Tour

Real Food Quote Monday - Grass-Fed Salad Bar

Real Food Quote Monday – Grass-Fed Salad Bar

Butchering Our First Home-Grown Grass-Fed Beef

Butchering Our First Home-Grown Grass-Fed Beef

It's just a fact of life... Odds and ends, junk piles, dirt piles, you name it. Any homesteader would agree, because gardening, caring for livestock, and living on a shoestring doesn't always allow for the minimalist approach! Here are 14 inexpensive (or free) items I always keep around...

Don’t Throw That Away! 14 Useful Items to Repurpose or Purchase Inexpensively

You've Gotta Be Kidding! Helpful Tips and Kidding Kit | Kidding season is almost upon us and we couldn't be more excited! Baby goats are simply the best -- I can't wait to meet the kids that I've already felt kicking around in their momma's bellies. I will be sharing how we support the does through their pregnancies, what we keep in our kidding kit, and the tools we use to give the babies the best welcome into the world! I'll also share what a typical kidding looks like and some resources to help you, just in case things don't go textbook-perfect. | GNOWFGLINS.com

You’ve Gotta Be Kidding! Helpful Tips and Kidding Kit

6 Winter Care Tips for Chickens

6 Winter Care Tips for Chickens

Local Food 101: Sheep and Goats | How can you know if a particular food source is a wise and healthy choice? You start by talking to the farmer who produces it, asking questions that pertain to the type of food you're buying. In this post, we'll discuss sheep and goats, including processing options and how to find good recipes. Use these questions when approaching your local farmer or source. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Local Food 101: Sheep and Goats

Keeping Your Chickens Cool During the Summer Heat | Not only does weather wreak havoc on the garden and landscape, it takes its toll on pets and homestead critters such as chickens. During the summer, keeping our chickens cool is a very active part of our daily routine. Here are a few things that we have found to be helpful, as well as some additional suggestions I’ve gathered from my fellow chicken-keeping friends. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Keeping Your Chickens Cool During the Summer Heat

KYF #076: Urban Farming with Kids |A homestead in the city where kids (both kinds) are the star of the show? You bet! DaNelle Wolford, her husband, and children do exactly that. On 1 acre in Arizona, they raise goats, sheep, chickens, and a garden, too, producing much of their own food. It's a family affair! Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/76

Urban Farming with Kids (KYF076)

Thumbs Up! The Urban Farm Handbook

Thumbs Up! The Urban Farm Handbook

KYF #078: Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms, Part 2 | What should we be doing in our backyards? How does one cultivate "out-of-the-box" thinking? I'm thrilled to share this conversation about food, farming, and getting back in the kitchen -- with Joel Salatin, self-proclaimed "Christian, libertarian, environmentalist, capitalist, lunatic Farmer". Plus... the tip of the week! This is part 2 of 2. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/78

Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms, Part 2 (KYF078)

KYF #063: Wild Nutrient-Dense Protein with Alderspring Ranch | Wild nutrient-dense protein. It's what Glenn Alzinga and his family raise on pristine, highly mineralized range-land at Alderspring Ranch in May, Idaho. In today's podcast, I visit with Glenn about his ranch, his family (he and his wife have 7 daughters), the concept of "wild" protein, resources for anyone else who wants to produce pastured meat, and much more! Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/63

Wild Nutrient-Dense Protein with Alderspring Ranch (KYF063)

KYF #061: Realeyes Homestead | Interested in permaculture and holistic nutrition? Then you need to meet Levi Meeuwenberg and Brenda Baran, who are combining their passions as they revitalize their family farm in Michigan. In this podcast, I visit with Levi to learn how he went from professional freerunning to holistic agriculture. And he and Brenda need your help to restore Realeyes Homestead. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/61

Realeyes Homestead Permaculture and Holistic Nutrition (KYF061)

KYF #078: Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms, Part 2 | What should we be doing in our backyards? How does one cultivate "out-of-the-box" thinking? I'm thrilled to share this conversation about food, farming, and getting back in the kitchen -- with Joel Salatin, self-proclaimed "Christian, libertarian, environmentalist, capitalist, lunatic Farmer". Plus... the tip of the week! This is part 2 of 2. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/78

Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms, Part 1 (KYF077)

Local Food 101: Beef | How can you know if a particular food source is a wise and healthy choice? You start by talking to the farmer who produces it, asking questions that pertain to the type of food you're buying. In this post, we'll discuss beef. Use these questions when approaching your local farmer or source. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Local Food 101: Beef