In episode 106, we chat about our new dairy cow, Georgie, adjusting our lives around milking her, why we age the beef for our harvest classes in the walk-in for 30 days, and then we finally get into the stages of pertussis.
Timestamps/Topics for Episode 106:
0:00 Intro & our new dairy cow, Georgie
12:55 Difficulty of milking twice a day
16:03 Weight on a dairy cow & Georgie being so chill
22:24 Get a cow for the health of your pigs
25:08 Our classes: Dry aging beef & zero trim from beef butchery
28:11 Our beef classes are really cookery classes
33:37 You will see the kill during our classes
38:12 Back to our experience with whooping cough
41:00 Hypocrisy and fear changing beliefs
46:05 Take the rational approach and do your own research
48:58 St Thomas’ ideas on humans as the rational animal
52:00 Don’t go hunt down your neighbors because they got you sick
55:19 There are three stages in Pertussis
Links for Episode 106:
- Mommy Diagnostics (The Art of Taking Care of Your Family) by Shonda Parker. https://a.co/d/ah1BOlc
- Vitamin C for Whooping Cough by Dr. Suzanne Humphries https://deeprootsathome.com/vitamin-c-for-whooping-cough-by-suzanne-humphries-md/
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