Episode 87: Culling, Cattle Rotation, and Gregorian Chant, Part 1

In this episode, we chat about the Assumption, our current virtue building, guilds & slaughterhouses of old, how our classes can get you off industrial meat, the meaning of culling, and rotational grazing on our farm. Announcements: Support our podcast on Patreon! Production of each episode takes hours of work, filming, and editing. Becoming a patron can help us keep our episode quality high and allow us to continue filming. Become a patron today at https://www.patreon.com/meatsmith. Come to our 3-Day Family Pig Harvest class this November and December and use your hands to turn four lambs into kitchen-sized lamb cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. The dates are November 16th-18th, November 30th - December 2nd, and December 14th-16th. Tickets are $1,530 per person, with a limited capacity of just eight students to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. Jump on this chance and sign up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/the-family-pig/ Our 3-Day Lamb Harvest class is SOLD OUT.  Meatsmith Membership -- a gift that gives all year long! More than 45 Harvest Films by Brandon. Forum topics are now categorized for easy browsing! 60-day free trial available! Use the Newsletter Special option on our sign-up page and apply the promo code 60daytrial at checkout. Sign up for Meatsmith Membership at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/membership/. Timestamps/Topics for Episode 87: 0:00 Intro & Assumption tide 5:47 Our current virtue building 9:00 Guilds & slaughterhouses of old 15:08 Our classes get you off industrial meat 26:20 The meaning of 'to cull' 31:46 The Slaughterman's Creed 42:04 There is waste in life 47:12 Rotational grazing on our farm   Links for Episode 87: Slaughterman's Creed from Haslingden Old And New, Blog - Thursday, 23 January 2014 by Bryan Yorke:  'Thine is a task of blood, Discharge thy task with mercy, Let thy victim feel no pain, May sudden blow mean death, Such death that thou thyself would ask.' Greg Judy - Rotational grazing https://www.youtube.com/@gregjudyregenerativerancher https://greenpasturesfarm.net   Thank you, Patrons! Ellen Bloomfield, Monica Allen, Lisa Treat, Chris Sugg, Nan Wilson, Will Eichler, Tim Jones, Dennis M Carlson, Matthew Klimczak, Don Lang, Larry Kapigian, Nate Crown, Tim Colton, Jeremy Wood, Alana Quevedo, Dekota Donnell, Philip Durso, Warren Lund, Mujahid Abdallah, Dohrman Farm, Ps42, Danielle, Alan Fortini-Campbell, Meghan Hickman, Maria Become a Patron by going to Patreon.com/meatsmith.