agri-Culture
Join Rick and Elara of Backyard Green Films as we traverse the U.S on a green adventure! We travel throughout the land in our travel trailer (nicknamed Bessie), on a mission to share the stories, dedication, and wisdom of America's stewards of sustainable agriculture who've followed their own 'call of the land.' From scientists to geneticists to organic farmers and ranchers - plus a bounty of interesting folks we meet along the way, each voice is uniquely diverse, and each story compels us to uncover, discover, and share. Please become a Patreon member and help support our podcast. Copy and paste the link in your browser. https://www.patreon.com/agriCulturePodcast
Episodes
224 episodes
Ep 224 Barb’s Knitted Knockers
October is not only a great time to celebrate fiber (what with the Lambtown and Rhinebeck festivals, just to name a few), but it’s also Breast Cancer Awareness month. How do we get both things in one podcast? Knitted Knockers!
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Season 6
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Episode 224
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46:59
Ep 223 James Metcalfe: All Creatures Bleat and Shawl
Every once in a while you meet a person you’ve read about in a book. It might not be the actual person, but is the personification of a character that is so accurate, it might as well have jumped out straight from the pages. Today, ...
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Season 6
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Episode 223
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41:37
Ep 222 All of the Hills on the Edge of the Lake
We’re back from the North American Hill Sheep Show in Escanaba, Michigan. This inaugural event showcased some British Hill Breed Sheep and some not-quite-Hill Breed Sheep, of course, but there was more to see, hear and smell. Lovely...
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Season 6
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Episode 222
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19:24
Ep 221 Hexham Auction: Hadrian’s Mule
Where do we go for fun? Well, all kinds of places, but fish hatcheries, farm shows, and livestock auctions are on the list. Today, we’re taking you back to jolly old England (almost Scotland, actually), to a little town calle...
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Season 6
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Episode 221
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33:49
Ep 220 Shetland Sheep Society(UK): Sing Me a Song of a Sheep that has Gone - Everywhere
Located in the southern portion of Scotland, Lanark might be best known in agricultural circles for those big guys from the area around the River Clyde, and to history buffs as the first place local resident William Wallace drew his sword in ea...
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Season 6
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Episode 220
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28:53
Ep 219 Across Dry Creek and Over the Horizon
In life, there are talkers and doers. Of the doers, many of them have a characteristic known as “True Grit,” and today’s podcast guests are in that category.Millie and Stacy Bradshaw own Dry Creek Livestock, and a few hours north o...
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Season 6
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Episode 219
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40:47
Ep 218 Horse Progress Days: We’re Happy to be Left in the Dust
It’s time for Horse Progress Days! It’s one of our favorite events of the year, and this July it was held in Lancaster County, PA - just in time for the height of a national heatwave. Everyone soldiered on through, though, with nary...
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Season 6
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Episode 218
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39:02
Ep 217 Erin Bradt: Helder Herdwyck Handful for a Happy Half Hour
It’s time for a talk – a Shepherd’s Talk, that is. Every year, the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival has this popular segment available for shepherds, wannabe shepherds, ecologists, historians, and people who are just plain intereste...
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Season 6
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Episode 217
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33:31
Ep 216 Our Favorite Principal – by Farr.
On this podcast episode Bruce Farr of Farrview South Farm, American Milking Devon Cattle breeder (and a teamster!), sits down with John Hall, the President of the American Milking Devon Cattle Association. They discuss the history of the breed,...
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Season 6
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Episode 216
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38:08
Ep 215 Theresa Walker: The Great Bay Tobacco, Humous Brownie Caramel Insulation Institution
This week, we’re speaking with Theresa Walker of Great Bay Wool Works and her lovely natural-colored ovine assistant Hazel (okay, so hubby Patrick did a little bit of modeling, too.). We learn about natural-colored sheep, geography in New...
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Season 6
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Episode 215
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32:54
Ep 214 Dunlouise: Outlander, Lowlander, Highlander - Angus
We’re going down memory lane, and back to the beginning of all things for today’s podcast. In this case, it means the start of something that has grown into a behemoth in the world of Agriculture. Originally from the shores of Scotl...
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Season 6
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Episode 214
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45:08
Ep 213 Anson Tebbetts: The Darn Tough Cherry Garcia Donkey Run
We concluded the World Devon Congress adventure with the State that put these cattle on the map – okay, they’re on the flag, anyway. We had a wonderful tour through the Green Mountain State of Vermont, on our way to meet up with Anson Teb...
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Season 6
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Episode 213
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45:56
Ep 212 A.J. O'Neil: Six Degrees of Bacon
Backyard Green Films is now in Florida, getting ready to start the World Devon Congress 2024. But first (and last), our podcast with the butcher. The place where everything ends – everything that is ordered medium rare, anyway.<...
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Season 6
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Episode 212
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33:01
Ep 211 Stephen Adcock: Ipstone Patchwork Clockwork Dexter Farmstay
Our stay at Clockwork Cottage was one of the quiet delights of our UK trip in August of 2023. The Peak District in England is well known as being a day-hiker’s destination filled with rolling emerald fields, ancient stacked stone walls, a...
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Season 6
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Episode 211
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38:04
Ep 210 Steve Montgomery: …and We’ll Leave the Lamppost on for Ya
Steve Montgomery of Lamppost Farm is our guest on today’s podcast, coming to you from a stop on the Devon Congress pre-tour - Columbiana, Ohio style this time. Steve and his family raise Devon Cattle, Coopworth Sheep, pigs, turkeys and a ...
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Season 6
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Episode 210
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40:41
Ep 209 Clover Brooke Farm: We Love Leaping Llamas – But Today We’ll Just Walk
Andrea Tibbets of Clover Brooke Farm is our guest on today’s podcast. We usually see her at the New York State Sheep & Wool Festival (Rhinebeck), but since at that fine event we see her running the Camelid Barn and running the Leaping...
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Season 5
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Episode 209
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39:26
Ep 208 Lakota Ranch: Jeremy is Running for Congress 2024
It’s another stop on our Devon Pre-Tour run. This time, we’re bringing you the sights and sounds from a delightful and delicious visit to Lakota Ranch in Remington, Virginia. Lakota is the home of Jeremy Engh, President of Red Devon...
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Season 5
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Episode 208
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42:03
Ep 207 Clive Richardson: Kilnsey, Kilnsey, Have You Any Spots?
Don’t you love talking to people who know their stuff? While crashing the Kilnsey Show in Yorkshire on our UK trip last August, we came across Clive Richardson, Field Officer for the Jacob Sheep Society. It was a spontaneous tailgat...
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Season 5
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Episode 207
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19:45
Ep 206 A Little Devon About Bob & Diana
It’s the Devon Congress 2024 - Coming soon to an east-coast back road near you (if you live on the east coast and are there in April, that is). This April, people are coming from all over the world to celebrate the Devon Cattle breed and ...
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Season 5
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Episode 206
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37:40
Ep 205 Bobbin and Weavin' – The 2023 NYSS&WF Rhinebeck Mashup
It’s time for the mashup! The Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association once again hosted 30,000 (plus) attendees at the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival, and we were there to see (and interview, and livestream, and…everyt...
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Season 5
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Episode 205
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43:15
Ep 204 Tom Begley: Howdy Pilgrim. Tom, Turkey, and the First Thanksgiving
Here at Backyard Green Films, we’re getting ready to celebrate the 400-year anniversary of the Devons coming to America with our Plymouth to Plimoth documentary. In preparation for this event (and our film!), we spoke with Tom Begley, Dep...
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Season 5
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Episode 204
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37:56
Ep 203 Jeri and Irina: The Non-Expendable Dependables (Don't Tell Sly)
Our podcast guests today are Jeri Robinson Lawrence and daughter Irina Lawrence Mathias. This hardworking mother/daughter team has contributed a few soundbites in between Points A, B, C and X in the rush of the New York State Sheep and Wo...
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Season 5
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Episode 203
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34:27
Ep 202 Hulse Hill Farm: Mr. Whipple – Please Don’t Squeeze The Cashmere
You know how there’s always someone who not only goes the extra mile, but looks good while they do it? And does it with a genuine smile, to top it off. That’s Christine Hulse, from Hulse Hill Farm. Just outside of Cooperstown ...
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Season 5
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Episode 202
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42:36
Ep 201 Jillian McEwen: Clair de Lun(an Bay)
On today’s podcast, transport yourself to the lonely, glorious green pastures of the eastern side of Scotland. We have a lovely conversation with Jillian McEwen of Lunan Bay Farms, and among many of our topics, we spoke of the joys of far...
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Season 5
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Episode 201
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39:42
Ep 200 Phil Pass: All Things Must Pass...But Not The Scottish Bonnet
Elara and I met Phil Pass last month on our travels in Scotland at the House of Tartan in Crieff. We struck up a conversation with him and noticed that they had a Go Fund Me campaign that said Keep Scottish Bonnets Alive in Scotland. He describ...
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Season 5
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Episode 200
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