016 Pastured pork meat candy, heritage pig breeds and the FDA on farming and antibiotics
This week: Locally acquired chickens (support a local business), Around the farm updates, Preparations for pig farrowing, Limping Andy and animals on concrete, Pasture to Plate simple dishes. In the The Coopcast Community: Chicks in a brooder - Use a red bulb in your brooder, What is the best breed of pig? A gift book and visit, A listener "uses" his broody hen. This Week, In The News: The FDA decided to "recommend" that no on farm antibiotics be used without a vets prescription. While this sounds like a great thing, with less than 10000 large animal vets in the country, what's the real impact to small farms? ( discusses antibiotic resistance in the Farm U segment)
