Fair Hill Farmstead Life

From catching a wild swarm to horizontal hives, listen to how to shed the 'factory beekeeping' paradigms and raise super healthy bees, naturally, with minimal physical effort, happier bees, fewer stings, and zero chemical inputs. Adam lays it all out sequentially in this must-listen-to episode. Adam is the founder of http://www.beekept.com [http://www.beekept.com] and the author of Bee Kept with Wild and Free Honeybees. Adam and his wife Leslie keep bees in Culleoka, Tennessee and build horizontal hives, give classes, run an online mentor-mentee beekeeping club, and much more.

Iconic cattleman Will Harris spends an hour talking about regenerative ranching and raising 10 species of grassfed meats on his 2000 acre farm in Bluffton Georgia. He leases and grazes an additional 3000 acres and has created nearly 200 jobs in his town, entirely reversing the downward trajectory that his town was in. Will discusses the positive ripple effect and benefit in the surrounding county. Author of "A Bold Return to Giving a Damn; One Farm, Six Generations and the Future of Food" he's the driving force behind www.whiteoakpastures.com [http://www.whiteoakpastures.com]  where he and his daughters and a stellar staff of dedicated hardworking people bring education, outreach, and top quality food to the surrounding areas and thousands of families.

Support for the West End Bakery, they're feeding hundreds of families every day out of their own pocket, running a bakery with no power, just gas, serving up hearty healthy sourdough bread. They need supplies and support - you can contribute to them at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-west-end-bakerys-effort-to-feed-asheville [https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-west-end-bakerys-effort-to-feed-asheville]   Additional agencies who are on the ground and doing great work are the Cajun Navy, Samaritan's Purse, and Mercury One.

Straight talk about what happened, why, what's going on and how people can help. Discussion about general preparedness follows. Specific ways to help: * The Funny Farm: A small business that is leading grassroots efforts to get supplies to those that were cut off from everything by the Nolichucky River. Venmo @FunnyFarmTN (3632) put “floods” in the description.  Follow @FunnyFarmTN on Instagram and Facebook for updates.  Run by Tammy Stanton, one of the speakers that was at The East Tennessee Homestead Alliance Festival  * River of Life / Michael & Deirdre Hefflin: Making meals for those in urgent need; Venmo @riveroflifemiracles CashApp:$riveroflifemiracles  Follow River of Life (River of Life Miracles) on Facebook * Samaritan's Purse - Headquartered in Boone, NC, one of the cities that were hit extremely hard.  Currently helping in 5 sites.   https://www.samaritanspurse.org/ [https://www.samaritanspurse.org/] * Grindstone Ministries: non-profit organization that provides disaster relief and construction services to those affected by devastating storms.  They will be helping in Tennessee and North Carolina  www.grindstoneministries.com [http://www.grindstoneministries.com/] * Local Churches:  Our local churches are playing a HUGE role in recovery efforts.  If your local church is collecting monetary or physical donations to send to a sister church in Appalachia, that would be a great option as our supply chains are currently very stressed.  Needs (NOT CLOTHES): * Living Essentials: non-perishable food, water, tents, flashlights, gas cans, propane tanks (large and small), portable grills (with propane or charcoal), can openers, baby food and formula, diapers * Cleaning and Sanitizing: buckets, bleach, gloves,n-95  masks, paper towels, trash bags

Another installation of This Month I Learned, group chat with Wendi Bergen and Greg Peterson. Last month we laughed about Chicken Juice. This month we discover the spinach tree and Pea-Trees. We discuss freeze drying the harvest, deterring deer and what to do when big tomatoes fail three years in a row- grow lots of little ones! We discuss the decline of Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar, APEEL, and then cover a whiz bang app that helps people make healthier decisions in the grocery store, the niftiest pickle jar ever, and how to reuse/recycle canning seals. Prominently mentioned in this episode: https://permapasturesfarm.com/products/billys-bone-sauce