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In this episode Brandon is interviewed by Steve and Joseph of The Working Title podcast.  Brandon shares the winding path that led him into the butchery trade; the unique approach of Farmstead Meatsmith; and how Farmstead Meatsmith came into being.  Other discussions include:  how technology has left the domestic scale behind (dulling the edge of human nature in the process); factory farming vs. veganism; the butcher’s duty to kill well; the cost of our existence; and what a random morning in Brandon’s life looks like.

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Show Notes:

  • “I am an itinerant slaughterman.”, 1:02
  • Farmstead Meatsmith’s unique approach – entire process yields to the culinary end, 3:22
  • Brandon’s path into the butchery trade, 7:25
  • The birth of Farmstead Meatsmith, 16:15
  • How technology has left the domestic scale behind, 18:54
  • Technology dulls the edge of human nature, 23:15
  • Factory farming vs. veganism and Brandon’s epiphanous moment, 26:55
  • The duty to kill well — be deliberate, swift and decisive, 34:21
  • The cost of our existence, 42:18
  • A morning in Brandon’s life and how to kill animals nicely, 55:20
  • Random questions, 1:03:22

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