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FarmsplainingVodka made from milk?Can vodka be made from milk? Yes. This week we dive into Dairy Distillery and find out how one engineer went from being a basement moonshiner to making vodka from milk. Vodkow is made from milk permeate- a waste product that comes from dairy products. Omid McDonald heard that this waste was being dumped and that farmers had to pay for it, so he thought- why don't we use that waste and make alcohol. Find out how McDonald came up with this idea, and learn how he took something wasteful and turned it into a beautiful product.
2020-02-2119 minFarmsplainingEp. 10 Whose right is it anyway?Today I dive into the Oscars, what happened there and why it kind of matters. I give my unfiltered opinions on human rights and the comparison to animal rights, why we artificially inseminate cattle and what exactly is the natural world.
2020-02-1418 minFarmsplainingThe poopcastDo you ever wonder where your waste goes when you flush it down the toilet? Do you ever worry that farmers don't ACTUALLY care about the environment? Are you ever worried that farmers are destroying the land rather than helping it? In the poop cast, we talk all about- well poop. That is we discuss all the ways that farmers use waste to grow crops, but also how far they have come in short period of time, Joy sits down with Manure Expert- Dr. Katherine Knowlton of Virginia Tech and discusses just how research has helped farmers improve their...
2020-02-0753 minFarmsplainingEP. 8 Farsmplain Raw- The OG MilkFarmsplain Raw edition is coming to you live to tell you about milks of all flavors and shapes. Yo milkmaid Joy tastes the top four milks, describes them and then tells you about their environmental impacts and costs. After being fired up about Starbucks promoting non-dairy milk, Joy dives into why all milks are not the same and sometimes their harsh environmental impacts go unnoticed.
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2020-01-3136 minFarmsplainingEp. 7 Rosie the Riveter CowsWhat's an antibiotic? What is animal welfare? How do we know our cows are happy and healthy?
This week we dive into all these questions with the fun and knowledgeable Dr. Cody Creelman. I pick his brains about everything related to antibiotics and why we use them, to the history of industrialized agriculture, and how we are working together as veterinarians and farmers to make animal welfare better every day.
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Cody: @codycreelmancowvet
Joy: @nystrohj
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2020-01-241h 06FarmsplainingEP. 6 Things are getting beefyEver wondered what ranch life is like? What doe is take to take care of not only thousands of animals, but also thousands of acres of land? This week we speak with Annabel Morgan (@montanaranchwife) about what life on the ranch is really like. Joy learns all about how ranch life and life on the east coast are wildly different and dives into the logistics of taking care of such a large operation. Annabel and her husband are 5th generation farmers and we talk about everything from how beef cattle are cared for daily, how farmers protect their land, and...
2020-01-1056 minFarmsplainingSo now you eat meat?This week we take a deep dive into why Rachel Capiello became a vegetarian for five years, but then decided to eat meat again. We chat about agriculture education and why it's important, eating locally and how food systems all across America are strikingly different. The Philadelphia native takes us into why farming can seem "villianized" in the media and how learning from every side of a story is really important.
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Guest: Rachel Capiello @Racdurkcapp
Hosts: Joy Nystrom @Nystohj and Jenna Hardy @Jennaarenee
Music by @Vaudervillrevival
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2020-01-0248 minFarmsplainingBONUS EPISODE- Baby fever-calves are tiny queensAre calves mistreated? Do farmers really care about their babies? Why do calves get taken from their moms? What is best for a baby cow?
On our Bonus Episode we speak with our very own Calf Guru, Jenna Hardy about everything babies. Jenna talks about everything that is important for the life of a calf and walks us through the day in the life of a calf manager. Can she really care for 200 babies at one time? Find out as Jenna tells us all about how she raises healthy babies and describes some of the things that are really hard...
2019-12-2749 minFarmsplainingEP 4. Does organic mean better?Is there a difference between Organic and conventional milk? Does milk have antibiotics in it? What exactly does it mean for the land and the cows to be "Organic"? We answer all these questions this week with our very own Joy Nystrom, to talk about what exactly is organic dairy farming.
Our giggly, city-girl, turned dairy farmer, co-host, explains the practices she uses on an organic dairy and differences between organic and conventional farming. Joy also dives into what grazing is and how milking on robots is beneficial in an organic system. She uncovers that organic farming is more of...
2019-12-271h 09FarmsplainingEP. 3 Debunking "factory farming" with 10,000 cows10,000 cows is A LOT of cows. How are those cows being cared for? How do we know that those cows are getting personal attention? There is no way that someone could take care of that many animals. In today's world that would probably be considered a "factory farm", but this week we debunk the myth of "factory farming" with Royal Dairy Owner, Austin Allred, who tells us all about the extremely personal care he gives to his 10,000 cows every single day. We also dive a little bit into the cool things that Royal Dairy is doing for the environment. Tune...
2019-12-201h 02FarmsplainingEp. 2 Are dairy farms even regulated?How do we know that farmers are treating their animals right? How do we ensure that the environment is being cared for? How do we know that farmers are putting out quality products that we can trust?
Celebrating 10 years- The National Dairy FARM program helps to ensure that all dairy products that are available are of the highest possible quality, from the animal care, to taking care of the land, to how farmers treat their employees.
This week we sit down with Emily Yeiser Stepp, the Senior Director of The National Dairy FARM Program, to discuss how farmers are actually...
2019-12-1347 minFarmsplaining1. Meet the Farm SplainersWelcome to Farmsplaining- the truth about agriculture.
Meet your hosts, Jenna Hardy and Joy Nystrom, two Millennial dairy farmers trying to find answers to all the questions you may have, but don't know who to ask.
Jenna is the Calf Manager of a 1500 cow dairy in Pennsylvania and Joy is the Farm Manager of a 550 cow dairy in Virginia. Both are graduates of Virginia Tech, where they studied dairy science.
When they are not farming, they like to workout, drink wine or whiskey, decorate their homes, play with dogs- and do most of the normal things that 20-something females like...
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