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In episode 108, we discussed small-scale vs. industrial-scale meat production, the ontological shift of food, the Dougherty’s first dairy cow, a Catholic’s view of suffering, the natural state of cows and humans, asking God what’s next in the playbook, and how farming won’t make you money.

In episode 109, we chat about offering liberty and experiences to homeschooled teenagers, why the Doughertys stayed in Appalachia, the Dougherty’s house fire and rebuild, proximity to community as the next obstacle, starting with trash land and building up the soil, rotational grazing, turf grasses, and hay, our milking routine and dairy cow domestication, and the Dougherty’s Farmstead Butcher Trailers business.

Timestamps/Topics for Episode 108:

0:00 Intro & Ash Wednesday
2:40 Our upcoming classes – small-scale vs. industrial-scale
5:40 Example of the ontological shift of food – salami
18:40 Marketing has made a joke out of things being “real”
24:38 Problems with grain-feeding lamb
30:01 Intro to the Doughertys and their first dairy cow
40:12 Catholicism, suffering, & farming
45:00 Catholic converts longing for a natural way to live and farm
50:15 A cow’s natural state is health, and so is a human’s
57:00 We inhabit a suburban technological wasteland only by Grace
1:02:00 From homebirth to homeschooling to farming
1:04:00 Asking God what’s next in the playbook
1:12:00 Farming doesn’t make you money, so how little can you live on?

Timestamps/Topics for Episode 109:

0:00 How to offer liberty and experiences to homeschooled teenagers
9:50 Why the Doughertys stayed in Appalachia – to homeschool, homestead, homebirth, and go to daily mass
19:20 The Dougherty’s house fire and rebuild
21:18 Proximity to community is the next obstacle
30:15 Starting with trash land and building up the soil
34:55 Our first dairy cow, Georgie
42:30 Rotational grazing, turf grasses, and hay
1:02:46 Brandon’s milking routine
1:05:00 The dairy animal is a different order of domestication
1:08:00 Brandon’s break from Evolution Biology & God created cattle on the 5th day
1:11:37 Dougherty’s Farmstead Butcher Trailers
1:15:30 Planting on a moon cycle

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