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The Livestock Conservancy is a nonprofit dedicated to protecting endangered livestock and poultry breeds from extinction. In this podcast, rare breed livestock and poultry experts share their best advice, challenges, and celebrations in chats about agriculture history, scientific breakthroughs, marketing, husbandry, genetics, farm life, and everything in between. Each month features a new species listed on the Conservation Priority List and new guests who share their stories about raising an ...
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Selecting Your Best Breeding Stock Pig Chat with Mark Knauer
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Special Guest Mark Knauer, Swine Extension Specialist at North Carolina State University (https://www.youtube.com/@ncstateswineextension7030/videos), joins Charlene Couch and Brittany Sweeney to chat about inbreeding and selecting your best breeding stock. Mark Knauer was born and raised on a pure-line pig and cattle operation in southern Wisconsin…
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Brittany Sweeney and Samantha Gasson from FACT (foodanimalconcernstrust.org) answer your questions and chat about tips for reviewing your year and planning ahead for the next year. Big thank you to Manna Pro for sponsoring Marketing Mondays this year! Learn more about how Manna Pro is Nurturing Life at https://www.mannapro.com/promotions/n...…
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Special Guest Audrey Morris joins Brittany Sweeney to chat about her microgrant project with Cotton Patch geese. Learn more about Cotton Patch Geese and Microgrants at https://livestockconservancy.org/. Follow the Cotton Patch Goose Society on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/CottonPatchGooseBreeders/ Big thank you to Manna Pro for spons…
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Special guest Linwood Watson joins Brittany Sweeney to chat about how native trees and plants can boost your bottom line with heritage breeds. He hopes regardless of your plant skills- be it none or advanced, you will leave today's chat with some tips and tricks to strengthen your heritage breed efforts with 2 crux native trees- the American persim…
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Brittany Sweeney and Samantha Gasson from FACT (foodanimalconcernstrust.org) chat about marketing your Thanksgiving turkey and how on-farm classes and events can create a community around your farm. Big thank you to Manna Pro for sponsoring Marketing Mondays this year! Learn more about how Manna Pro is Nurturing Life at https://www.mannapro.com/p…
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Special Guest Richard Schock joins Jeannette Beranger and Brittany Sweeney to talk turkey. Richard grew up in Boonville, N.C. with his grandparents and received his first turkeys at age 10, including a Bronze turkey tom as a Christmas present. He has shown turkeys at several shows in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Florida, and North Ca…
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Special Guest author Christine Heinrichs joins Jeannette Beranger and Brittany Sweeney to chat about updates to The Livestock Conservancy's heritage breed turkey manual, "How to Raise Heritage Breed Turkeys on Pasture," during this pre-recorded session. You can find the first edition of the manual on The Livestock Conservancy's website at https://a…
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Gate to Plate Myotonic Goat Chat with Renard Turner
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Special Guest Renard Turner of Vanguard Ranch Natural Gourmet joins Cindra Kerscher and Brittany Sweeney to chat about the process of moving Myotonic meat goats from pasture to consumer. Renard Turner was born into a career Air Force family. When his father was stationed in California at Travis Air Force base, he attended Armijo High School in Fair…
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Special Guest Dr. Phil Sponenberg joins Cindra Kerscher and Brittany Sweeney to talk about the past, present, and future of Spanish goats. D. Phillip Sponenberg, DVM, Ph.D., is Professor of Pathology and Genetics at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech University. His breed conservation endeavors include technical a…
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Special guest Rachel Ann Karneffel of Hee-haw Halfway House Donkey Rescue chats with Charlene Couch and Brittany Sweeney about training donkeys. In addition to running the rescue, Rachel is the author of "Starting the Saddle Donkey." She is also a donkey trainer and may give us all a sneak peek at her two mini-donkey foals! Find out more about Hee-…
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Special Guest Natasha Sprengers-Levine from Blue Wood Farm and Vineyards (https://bluewoodfarm.com), chats with Charlene Couch and Brittany Sweeney about critically-endangered Poitou donkeys nutrition and reproduction. Natasha Sprengers-Levine is the COO of STRIDER, the largest equestrian bookings platform and software services provider for the hor…
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Special Guest Dayna Burtness of Nettle Valley Farm (https://www.nettlevalleyfarm.com/) joins Brittany Sweeney and Samantha Gasson from FACT (foodanimalconcernstrust.org) to chat about niche marketing and creating a community around your farm. Dayna Burtness farms full time at Nettle Valley Farm and does most of the day to day farm management and li…
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Welcome to Duck Chats! Special Guest Jon Alden, Breeding Flock Manager at Hoover's Hatchery (https://hoovershatchery.com/), joins Jeannette Beranger and Brittany Sweeney to chat about Cayuga ducks, listed as Watch on the Conservation Priority List. Growing up on a small farm in central Illinois, Jon first got into chicks when he bought his first 12…
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Special Guest Meg Puckett, Herd Manager for the Corolla Wild Horse Fund (https://www.corollawildhorses.com/) joins Charlene Couch and Emily Rose Johnson to chat about this critically-endangered breed located on the Outer Banks in North Carolina. Meg Puckett accepted the role of Herd Manager for the Corolla Wild Horse Fund (CWHF) in July 2016. She c…
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Special Guest Rick Blaney of Galiceños of Suwannee Horse Ranch (http://Galiceno.org) joins Charlene Couch and Emily Rose Johnson to chat about this critically-endangered breed. Their farm's Facebook page can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/Galicenos-of-Suwannee-139480129479917 Their YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Gali…
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Special Guest Esther Buonanno from the United States Lipizzan Federation (https://www.uslipizzan.org/) joins Charlene Couch and Brittany Sweeney to chat about this threatened breed. Esther Buonanno is the Program Director of the Tempel Lipizzans (https://www.tempelfarms.com) as well as granddaughter of Founders Esther and Tempel Smith. Tempel Lipiz…
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In 2022, Marketing Monday is focusing on how to turn your audience into a community. Today, Special Guests Matt LeRoux Extension Associate at Cornell University & Marketing Specialist at NC Choices (https://ncchoices.org/), and Sarah Blacklin, NC Choices Program Director, chat about their new Marketing Channel Assessment Tool for produce growers an…
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Special Guests historian Doyle Conner Jr. and Cowboy Poet Stephen Monroe join guest host Martha Hoffman Kerestes and Brittany Sweeney to chat about Florida Cracker cattle, listed as threatened on the Conservation Priority List. Doyle Conner Jr., a sixth-generation Cracker and cowman, has studied, researched and shared Florida's cow history for more…
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Wooly Wednesday with The Natural Spinner Kimberly Radcliffe
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Special Guest Kimberly Radcliffe joins Cindra Kerscher to chat about working with raw fleece, combed preparation and lace spinning. Learn more about this "Unapologetic Raw Fleece Enabler" on her website at https://thenaturalspinner.com. As a young child, Kimberly learned from her grandmother, how to knit and crochet. In 2009, she gifted herself spi…
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Cattle Chat with Richard Browning and Martha Hoffman Kerestes
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On today's Cattle Chat, Special Guest Dr. Richard Browning, Professor of Animal Science at Tennessee State University in Nashville, joins guest host Martha Hoffman Kerestes and Brittany Sweeney to chat about small farm economics and Dexter cattle, listed as recovering. Richard Browning grew up in Raywood, Texas where he was active in the Hull-Daise…
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In 2022, Marketing Monday is focusing on how to turn your audience into a community. This week, Special Guest Laura Jensen of Jensen Reserve (www.jensenreserve.com), the American Meishan Breeders Association (www.meishanbreeders.com), and Meishan Preservation (www.meishanpreservation.com) joins Brittany Sweeney and Samantha Gasson to chat about mar…
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International Species Chat with Judy Barnet of Rare Breeds Trust of Australia
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Special Guest Judy Barnet, Director of Rare Breeds Trust of Australia (https://rarebreedstrust.com.au/), joins Charlene Couch and Brittany Sweeney to chat about the work to save rare breeds in Australia. Judy has been with the Rare Breeds Trust of Australia since 2015 as a director and treasurer. She also looks after the memberships and organizes t…
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Special Guest Mary Egbert joins Cindra Kerscher to demonstrate tips and tricks for scouring a raw fleece at home. Mary is the owner of Camaj Fiber Arts (https://camajfiberarts.com/) and author of the bestselling book on scouring fibers, "The Art of Scouring Wool, Mohair and Alpaca." Mary is also the head instructor at the Camaj School of Fiber Arts…
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International Species Chat with German Working Cattle Group
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Special Guests Claus Kropp and Peter Herold join Jeannette Beranger and Brittany Sweeney to chat about draft animals, including oxen and horses, in Germany. Learn more about the group at https://www.zugrinder.de/en/home.html Claus Kropp is manager of the Lauresham Laboratory for Experimental Archaeology and currently also President for the Internat…
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Social Media 101 Marketing Monday with Paige Jackson
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Special Guest Paige Jackson of Grass Grazed Farm joins Brittany Sweeney and Samantha Gasson to chat about how to set up your social media channels and the basics of running social media business campaigns. Paige Jackson is the farm manager and co owner of Grass Grazed Farm (https://www.grassgrazed.com/). She and her husband Derrick along with 5 kid…
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Special Guest Vernon Brown joins Charlene Couch and Brittany Sweeney to chat about Silver Fox Rabbits, listed as Recovering on the Conservation Priority List. Vernon Brown is a longtime member of The Livestock Conservancy and is focused on the stewardship of conserving Silver Fox rabbits. He raises the breed on his farm, Brownie's Bunnies, in Kings…
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Special Guest Eric Stewart, Executive Director of the American Rabbit Breeders Association (https://arba.net/), joins Charlene Couch and Brittany Sweeney to chat about rabbit shows, heritage breeds, breed census, and more. The American Rabbit Breeders Association is the world’s largest registry of rabbits and cavies boasting over 20,000 members wor…
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Special Guests Nicolle Ferrier of Sugar Feather Farm and Carolyn Rose-Seed of Mamma Springs Farm join Brittany Sweeney and Samantha Gasson to chat about email newsletters for your small business. Nicolle, aka The Fowl Guru, has been raising animals for over 20 years as a self-trained fowl expert. She has education, trainings and background working …
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Special Guest Michael Rulman, an award-winning author, chef, and journalist, joins Jeannette Beranger and Brittany Sweeney about halfway through to chat about cooking with chicken fat, also called schmaltz. Michael Rulman is the author of nine non-fiction books, one collection of novellas, and eight cookbooks; he is the co-author with various chefs…
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Special Guest Roy Clemes of Clemes and Clemes, Inc. joins Cindra Kerscher to chat about flicking, hand carding and drum carding. Roy grew up working in his family’s woodshop and is the younger half of the Clemes & Clemes duo, making innovative, generational fiber art equipment in the San Francisco Bay Area. Clemes & Clemes is known throughout the w…
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Special Guest Cynthia Capers of Heniscity Farm (https://www.heniscityfarm.org/) near Nashville joins Jeannette Beranger and Brittany Sweeney to chat about running a small poultry business. Cynthia is a retired trauma nurse and pharmaceutical biotech clinical researcher and sorority member of Sigma Gamma Rho, Inc. She is also the founder/owner of He…
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Marketing Monday - Branding with Jennifer Kendall
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Special Guest Jennifer Kendall joins Brittany Sweeney and Samantha Gasson to chat about branding for your farm or small business. Jennifer Kendall has been a professional marketer for over 15 years. She prides herself in her ability to both THINK and DO - combining both strategy and action to propel organizations forward. She began her career in to…
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Winter Management Sheep Chat with Melinda Ellison
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Special Guest Melinda Ellison, assistant professor of range livestock and sheep extension specialist at the University of Idaho, chats with Brittany about lambing and sheep winter management strategies. Melinda grew up on a beef cattle ranch in Colorado and has been raising sheep for about a decade. She currently raises a small flock of 30 ewes, wh…
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Special Guest Mary Jeanne Packer, president and founder of Battenkill Fibers Carding & Spinning Mill (https://battenkillfibers.com/) in Greenwich, N.Y., joins Cindra to chat about working with your fiber mill, including selling fleeces vs. processing, how to select a mill, questions to ask, options for processing, proper fleece preparation, pricing…
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Special Guest Susan Schoenian, a Sheep and Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center, will chat with Cindra and Brittany about sheep husbandry and health, with a focus on meat production. Susan has been with University of Maryland Extension since 1988. Previously, she served as a Regional Farm Mana…
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In 2022, Marketing Monday is focusing on how to turn your audience into a community. This week Samantha Gasson at the Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) and Brittany Sweeney at The Livestock Conservancy are chatting with Andrew Perkins of Bluestem Creative (https://bluestemcreativeco.com/) about what makes a successful website. Andrew's expertise in…
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Wooly Wednesday with Shearer Emily Chamelin-HIckman
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Special Guest Emily Chamelin-Hickman is chatting with Cindra Kerscher about how to prepare for shearing day and what fiber artists are looking for in their fiber. Emily is the captain of the US Shearing Team. She is not only a skilled professional shearer, but a shepherdess and dairywoman raising a menagerie of livestock for meat, dairy and wool pr…
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Pig Processing Chat with Larry Masters of Underground Processing
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Special Guest Larry Masters will chat with Charlene Couch and Brittany Sweeney about processing and working with your processor. Larry Masters is the owner of Underground Farmers and Underground Processing, a USDA inspected meat processing company located in Walling, TN. He is also the President of the tech company, Cake Development Corporation, an…
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Special Guest Gracie Cardwell will chat with Charlene Couch and Brittany Sweeney about this critically-endangered breed. Gracie knew she wanted to be a farmer or involved with animals in kindergarten. Unfortunately, her family, teachers and Sunday School teachers did not approve because she was neither rich nor a boy. "Well, I'm still a girl and st…
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Even though it's Swine Month, we just can't get enough turkeys! Brittany wanted to share a pre-recorded video with Tom Mozena, president and founder of the new American Turkey Association filmed at the Ohio National Poultry Show. To learn more or join the association, email Tom at AmericanTurkeyAssociation@gmail.com We'll be back next week with a l…
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This week Brittany airs a previously recorded session with Jeannette Beranger and Amy Gabbard talking about American Buff geese, listed as Watch on the Conservation Priority List. Amy Gabbard has been breeding and exhibiting American Buff geese, along with several other breeds of standard-bred poultry, with her husband, Lucas, for almost 12 years. …
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This week Brittany airs a previously recorded chat with award-winning waterfowl breeder Nate Rynish about the critically-endangered Tufted Roman goose. Nate is an APA and ABA Licensed Judge and an APA Grand Master Exhibitor of Tufted Romans. He chatted with Brittany and Jeannette about the breed standard, what makes Romans a great bird for holiday …
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This week Brittany airs a previously recorded chat with Laura Huey, the president of the National Sebastopol Geese Association (https://www.nationalsebastopol.com/). Brittany Sweeney and Jeannette Beranger chatted with Laura at the Ohio National Poultry Show in November. Laura has been showing Sebastopols for more than 5 years from her own farm (@E…
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Narragansett Turkeys at George Washington‘s Mount Vernon Chat with Lisa Pregent
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We're excited to be chatting with Lisa Pregent, Livestock Manager at George Washington’s Mount Vernon (https://www.mountvernon.org/) about their new breeding flock of heritage turkeys. Lisa runs a nationally recognized breeding program for rare, heritage breeds and was featured in Washingtonian Magazine for her efforts in the preservation of these …
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Special Guest Mac Stone of Elmwood Stock Farm in Kentucky (https://elmwoodstockfarm.com/turkeys/) will join Jeannette Beranger and Brittany Sweeney to talk Narragansett turkeys. Mac and his wife Anne raise USDA Certified Organic heritage breed turkeys on their sixth-generation small farm. Thank you to Heritage Foods USA for sponsoring Turkey Chats …
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Cindra Kerscher and Brittany Sweeney are back with another Goat Chat. This week, special guest Callene Rapp is chatting about the critically endangered Arapawa goat. Callene is a Senior Zookeeper at Sedgwick County Zoo (https://www.scz.org/), where they keep Arapawa goats. Callene also serves as the Registrar of the Arapawa Goat Breeders Associatio…
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Always wanted to know more about Miniature Donkeys? Cindra Kerscher and Brittany Sweeney chat with longtime breeder Julie Jones about this watch-listed breed in this special donkey episode. Check out Julie's mini donkeys online at http://jfranch.net/저자 The Livestock Conservancy
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Get to know the critically-endangered San Clemente Island Goat breed with Sarah Butcher Howell, Charlene Couch, and Brittany Sweeney. On this goat chat, Sarah talks about the incredible versatility of this breed and the importance of building community among breeders. Sarah and her husband Stephen own Skara Brae Homestead (@SkaraBraeHomesteadVa) in…
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Welcome to our Spanish Goat Chat! This week Justin B. Pitts joins Cindra Kerscher and Brittany Sweeney for a chat about this Watch-listed breed. Justin B. Pitts is a seventh generation Jones Countian that is dedicated to the preservation and use of traditional Southern breeds and species of livestock, seed, and plants in his farming operation. He h…
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Welcome to the American Mammoth Jackstock Donkey Chat! This week Brittany Sweeney and Cindra Kerscher are chatting with Audrey Cadle of Donkey Meadows Farm (https://www.donkeymeadows.org/ and @DonkeyMeadows).In December 2006, Audrey, husband Mike, and their three children moved to Purcellville, Virginia, motivated by her interest in owning American…
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