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Pasture-Raised PodcastMid-Season Checkup: How 4 farms are doing during the pandemicI asked some of our past guests to share their answers to seven questions, so that we could hear some unique perspectives on how different farms and farmers across the country are faring during the wild year that is 2020. Joe Koopsen, Jordan Green, and Ben Grimes all shared their answers to the following questions: 1. What kind of changes came in March within each of your market streams? (Percentages or other way of describing it are fine) 2. When was the peak of pandemic buying for your farm business? Where are you now in relationship to the peak...2020-09-2054 min
Pasture-Raised PodcastPastured Poultry Farming AND Processing and Business with Ben GrimesI had a fantastic conversation with Ben Grimes of Dawnbreaker Farms and Dependable Poultry Processors in Hurdle Mills, NC that I'm eager to share with you. Ben is a smart farmer who knows and understands his farm, his processing business, and his numbers, and is thoughtful and wise about how to use them to pursue his goals. If you're someone who processes poultry, or has poultry processed by someone else, stay tuned. If you're someone who raises and sells ducks, or is interested in raising and selling ducks, stay tuned. If you're someone who would like to see farmers market s...2020-03-011h 16
Pasture-Raised PodcastRe-cAPPPA with Ben Grimes -Farm Conference breakdown, Day/Free Range Pastured Poultry System ChatIn this episode Ben Grimes and I break down the APPPA 2020 conference in Jacksonville held in January. Learn more about APPPA here: apppa.org Learn more about Ben here: Instagram.com/dawnbreakerfarms dawnbreakerfarms.com More from Ben, and about Ben and his farm in the future. If you want to see what my "day range" poultry system looked like a couple seasons back, here's a video Diego Footer produced at my farm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lGTQx5yExM find me at g...2020-02-1751 min