Episode 82: Community vs. Society Part 2

In this episode we chat about community, its different forms, positives and negatives, its lack of definition, its function in ideology, and what it offers. We compare it to society, how the family is the essential unit of society, and the grace family provides to a community.

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 Lamb Harvest class this June and use your hands to turn four lambs into kitchen-sized lamb cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. The dates are June 8th-10th, and tickets are $1,390. The class is limited to eight students to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. So jump on this chance and sign-up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/product/martinmas-goose-harvest/
• Meatsmith Membership -- a gift that gives all year long!
• More than 45 Harvest Films by Brandon.
• Forum topics are now categorized for easy browsing!
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Topics for Episode 82:

• Meatsmith is a social business, 1:01
• Question from a fellow meatsmith, 3:15
• How big of a factor does community play, 6:10
• The communities we've been in, 9:05
• Criticism of 'community,' 14:30
• How community functions in ideology, 17:47
• Community is a 'talismanic' word, 21:44
• Feeling isolated as a farmer, 29:45
• What does society offer the family?, 31:19
• Society prevents isolationism, 32:05
• Rugged, individualist, perseverance; 33:03
• The family is the essential unit of society, 35:33
• You don't get grace through community, 39:00
• Sacramental marriage, 39:13
• The temporal order cannot survive on its own terms, 41:11
• Community gets that kind of grace from the family, 43:35
• The natural virtue of Patria, 43:55
• Duties to society, 45:00
• Sharing spiritual goods vs. material goods, 48:40
• What is a common good?, 49:44

Links for Episode 82:

• Talismanic Words and the Anti-Church Agenda https://onepeterfive.com/talismanic-words-anti-church-agenda/
• Father Thomas Crean, Integralism & the Common Good of https://youtu.be/ZDrxRaFI55E
• Tradition, Family, and Property (founder Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira) https://www.tfp.org/tradition-family-and-property/. Recommended article: What is Organic Society? https://www.traditioninaction.org/OrganicSociety/A_002_OrganicSociety_PCO.htm
• Tradition in Action https://traditioninaction.org

In this episode, we recap our Fall harvest season, all the classes we taught, fasting for advent and feasting over Christmas, preserving and losing meat, our upcoming beef and lamb classes, and a bit on raising rabbits.

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 Lamb Harvest class this June and use your hands to turn four lambs into kitchen-sized lamb cuts, sausage, and charcuterie. The dates are June 8th-10th, and tickets are $1,390. The class is limited to eight students to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. So jump on this chance and sign-up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/product/martinmas-goose-harvest/
• 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 ad apply the promo code 60daytrial at checkout. Sign-up for Meatsmith Membership at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/membership/.

Topics for Episode 81:

• Can you visit the farmstead?, 2:40
• Limping through our busy season and Christmas, 5:50
• Burdened by the abundance of the harvest season, the obligation of feasting, and advent, 8:00
• Efficient means of dealing with the EPIC quantities of meat, 17:40
• Losing meat, 20:00
• Blood bread, 22:45
• Our 2-day BEEF class that focuses on cookery, 32:00
• 3-Day LAMB Harvest class, 37:12
• Raising rabbits, 45:45

Links for Episode 81:

• The Nordic Cookbook by Magnus Nilsson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25208269-the-nordic-cookbook
• Our upcoming classes https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/upcoming-classes/

In this episode, we share more of our thoughts on The Church and the Land by Fr. Vincent McNabb, building topsoil with people, fleeing the city, and the dignity of the farmer.

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.
• This November, come to our 2-Day Goose Martinmas Harvest and celebrate the fat and meat of this most noble bird. The dates are November 10-11th, and tickets are $1,045. The class is limited to eight students to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. So jump on this chance and sign-up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/product/martinmas-goose-harvest/
• 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 ad apply the promo code 60daytrial at checkout. Sign-up for Meatsmith Membership at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/membership/.

Topics for Episode 79:

• Leaving the cities continued, 1:04
• Liberalism vs. communism, 2:56
• Building topsoil with people, 6:19
• Revolutions and crusades, 9:56
• The dignity of the farmer, 13:47
• Seek God first, 22:29
• Being useful to society, 37:57
• Followup resources, 49:21

Links for Episode 79:

• The Church and the Land by Fr. Vincent McNabb -https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3376190-the-church-and-the-land?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_23
• City of God vs. City of Man by Timothy Flanders https://www.amazon.com/City-God-vs-Man-Antiquity-ebook/dp/B09MR5JKZQ
• Essay by Fr. McNabb on Return to Tradition YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anqcac_w1mM&t=108s
• Flee to the Fields by Dr. Tobias Lanz https://www.amazon.com/Flee-Fields-Founding-Catholic-Movement/dp/0971828601
• The Rural Solution https://www.amazon.com/Rural-Solution-Modern-Catholic-Voices/dp/0954563204/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2YVLJD27504V3&keywords=The+rural+solution&qid=1663948059&s=books&sprefix=the+rural+solution%2Cstripbooks%2C232&sr=1-1
• Nazareth or Social Chaos by Fr. Vincent McNabb https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20919958-nazareth-or-social-chaos
• Apostolic Farming by Catherine Doherty https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9268406-apostolic-farming?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17

Sign up for the free event - Traditional Skills Summit Sept 12-15th https://www.schooloftraditionalskills.com/?_ef_transaction_id=&oid=1&affid=20

In this episode, we talk about our upcoming Martinmas Goose class, all the events Brandon is participating in, our thoughts on The Church and the Land by Fr. Vincent McNabb, the four causes, and leaving the cities.

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.
• This November, come to our 2-Day Goose Martinmas Harvest and celebrate the fat and meat of this most noble bird. The dates are November 10-11th, and tickets are $1,045. The class is limited to eight students to keep the hands-on experience undiluted. So jump on this chance and sign-up today! https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/product/martinmas-goose-harvest/
• 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 ad apply the promo code 60daytrial at checkout. Sign-up for Meatsmith Membership at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/membership/.

Topics for Episode 79:

• Goose Harvest class, 2:36
• Traditional Skills Summit, 14:33
• The Ozark Homesteading Expo, 16:59
• White Oak Pastures Backyard Butcher Workshop, 19:07
• Melissa Noris, 21:54
• Fr Vincent McNabb, 23:15
• A departure from order and philosophy, 26:49
• The four causes, 28:31
• Corn as it's acted upon by its four causes, 33:20
• Isolate the material causes, 37:00
• What a city is, 42:25
• Liberalism and communism have the same end, 47:10
• Reasons to leave the city, 54:09
• The order in The Lord's Prayer, 1:01:18

The section of The Church and the Land by Fr. Vincent McNabb that Brandon reads includes a quote from Rural Roads to Security by Mgr. Ligutti, and then flows into another from Alternative to Death by the Earl of Portsmouth.

Links for Episode 79:

• Traditional Skills Summit -https://www.schooloftraditionalskills.com/?_ef_transaction_id=&oid=1&affid=20
• Ozark Homesteading Expo - https://ozarkshomesteading.com/2022-homesteading-expo
• White Oak Pasture's Backyard Butchery Workshop Oct 7-8th - https://whiteoakpastures.com/collections/events/products/backyard-butchery-workshop
• Pioneering Today podcast - https://melissaknorris.com/podcast/
• Catholic Homesteading podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPlSeZY546Q
• All our recent interviews - https://farmsteadmeatsmith.com/interviews-and-press/
• The Church and the Land by Fr. Vincent McNabb -https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3376190-the-church-and-the-land?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_23

Episode 78: The Virtue of Pig Killing; Brandon's talk at The Prairie Troubadour 2022 Symposium

The Virtue of Pig Killing; Brandon's talk at The Prairie Troubadour 2022 Symposium. From sonnets to Cottage Economy, from Thomas Aquinas to selling cured meats, Brandon distills much of what we've been discussing over the years into this talk.

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.
• Our 3-Day Lamb Harvest course is back! We haven't taught this class for five years and are so happy to be able to offer it again, November 17-19th, at our new homestead just outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Our classes make incredible gifts for anyone interested in the whole processing narrative. From the kill to skinning to butchery to cookery, the experience gained at our Lamb class is unparalleled. And all instruction is entirely translatable to any other ruminant harvesting, including goats, deer, elk, beef, etc. Find all the details at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/3-day-complete-lamb-harvest-course/.
• 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 ad apply the promo code 60daytrial at checkout. Sign-up for Meatsmith Membership at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/membership/.

Topics:

• Intro to how we provision our home, 2:25
• Sonnets (they relate to pig killing, we swear), 7:05
• Having to purchase meat again, 10:10
• The virtue of killing pigs, 11:20
• Cottage Economy, 11:30
• Pig hierarchy, 16:50
• Why Brandon left academia, 22:20
• clouded by emotions when killing livestock, 29:00
• Three powers of Thomas Aquinas, 39:09
• Cooking is an essential part of slaughter, 41:33
• Catching blood & blood sausage, 44:22
• Making andouille sausage, 47:33
• 100% yield from your livestock, 49:45
• Pig killing requires you to use your senses, 56:11
• Meat spoilage, 58:35
• Selling cured meat retail, 1:05:50
• Finding harmony with the natural order, 1:12:40

Links for Episode 77:

• Prairie Troubadour Symposium - https://prairietroubadour.org/
• Cottage Economy by William Cobbett https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243534.Cottage_Economy
• G. K. Chesterton https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7014283.G_K_Chesterton
• Thomas Aquinas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas

In this episode, we chat with Ross McKnight of Backwater Foie Gras about the practical element of gavage, why gavage isn't force-feeding, breed of duck, feed used, legally selling farm products, prose, and poetry.

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.
• Our 3-Day Lamb Harvest course is back! We haven't taught this class for five years and are so happy to be able to offer it again, November 17-19th, at our new homestead just outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Our classes make incredible gifts for anyone interested in the whole processing narrative. From the kill to skinning to butchery to cookery, the experience gained at our Lamb class is unparalleled. And all instruction is entirely translatable to any other ruminant harvesting, including goats, deer, elk, beef, etc. Find all the details at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/3-day-complete-lamb-harvest-course/.
• 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 ad apply the promo code 60daytrial at checkout. Sign-up for Meatsmith Membership at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/membership/.

Topics:

• The practical element of gavage, 1:02
• Gavage is a natural form of agriculture, 13:55
• Muscovy or mallard, 10:40 & 15:05
• How much to feed them, 16:00
• It's not force-feeding, 17:42
• Using whole corn, 21:04
• Write this down and frame it for your kitchen, 22:23
• Why foie gras?, 43:03
• Age of the muscovies, 29:12
• Using milk, 32:49
• Pre--gavage treatment, 34:42
• Meatsmith & Backwater Foie Gras should offer classes together, 45:15
• A PMA (Private Membership Association) as an alternative to selling retail, 46:56
• Millers Organic Farm as a PMA example, 54:36
• The power of bureaucracy, 57:21
• A PMA in every state, 1:04:00
• Food safety regulations are written for industrial-scale, not small farms, 1:06:00
• Food prices at farmers market, 1:07:52
• Culinary ignorance, 1:12:36
• You can make a living farming, 1:17:28
• Swimming with the current that is the natural order, 1:20:39

Links for Episode 77:

• Find Ross McKnight and Backwater Foie Gras on Facebook, Instagram, and BackwaterFoieGras.com.
• Miller's Organic Farm https://www.millersorganicfarm.com
• Charles A. Coulombe https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/150.Charles_A_Coulombe?from_search=true&from_srp=true
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33.The_Lord_of_the_Rings?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=dgxaP9fdp2&rank=2

In this episode, we chat with Ross McKnight of Backwater Foie Gras about how he began his farming journey, why he chose foie gras, tradition and moving to the land, and the mortification of farming.

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.
• Our 3-Day Lamb Harvest course is back! We haven't taught this class for five years and are so happy to be able to offer it again, November 17-19th, at our new homestead just outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Our classes make incredible gifts for anyone interested in the whole processing narrative. From the kill to skinning to butchery to cookery, the experience gained at our Lamb class is unparalleled. And all instruction is entirely translatable to any other ruminant harvesting, including goats, deer, elk, beef, etc. Find all the details at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/3-day-complete-lamb-harvest-course/.
• 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 ad apply the promo code 60daytrial at checkout. Sign-up for Meatsmith Membership at FarmsteadMeatsmith.com/product/membership/.

Topics:

• Our new baby, butchershop, and lamb class, 1:01
• Brandon's recent interviews, 6:53
• Interview with Ross McKnight starts, 12:51
• Ross introduces himself, 16:42
• From an English major to finance, 20:25
• From an auto-immunity disease to a farmer, 34:03
• Creating beauty makes life worth something, 42:33
• Why foie gras?, 43:03
• We want tradition, 47:40
• The camaraderie with other farmers, 49:20
• Moving to the land with religion as the motive, 52:53
• Hyper theoretical movements, 57:34
• The mortification of farming, 1:00:54

Links for Episode 75:

• Justin Rhodes interview with Brandon on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brandon-sheard-master-meatsmith-on-befriending-animals/id1565700147?i=1000552469413
• Homesteading Family interview with Brandon - Cured Pork the Old Fashioned Way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBS8pzexKLs&t=1168s
• Brian Holdsworth interview with Brandon - Catholic Homesteading with Brandon Sheard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPlSeZY546Q&t=3695s
• The Church and the Land by Ff. Vincent McNabb https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3376190-the-church-and-the-land?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=XdhoH4cQAk&rank=1
• Find Ross McKnight and Backwater Foie Gras on Facebook, Instagram, and BackwaterFoieGras.com.
• Fr. Denis Fahey https://catholicism.org/catholic-world-of-fahey.html
• Sow the Land Homestead https://sowtheland.com
• Restoring the Faith https://www.youtube.com/c/RestoringTheFaith

In this episode, we chat about the breakdown of the family farm, private property, the notion of the Soul, The Church and Farming and Russian Farming by Denis Fahey, William Cobbett, and more.

Introduction and Announcements:

• Support our podcast on Patreon! Production of each episode takes hours of work, filming, and editing. By becoming a patron, you will help us keep our episode quality high and allow us to continue filming. You can find us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/meatsmith.
• Membership -- The essential Meatsmith resource
• More than 45 Harvest Films by Brandon.
• Forum topics are categorized for quick searching.
• Access to our private Meatsmith Facebook community.
• 60-day free trial available! Use the Newsletter Special option on our sign-up page ad apply the promo code 60daytrial at checkout.

Topics:

• The breakdown of the family farm, 1:01
• Summary of The Church and Farming and Russian Farming, 17:38
• Private Property, 17:38
• The notion of the Soul, 27:04
• 'Not just a baptized version of conventional farming,' 30:35
• The liturgical calendar, 35:53
• The ingenuity of love, 39:12
• William Cobbett, 44:44
• Original innocence, 50:36

Links for Episode 75:

• Catherine Doherty - https://www.catherinedoherty.org/books/
• Jane Grigson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/226917.Jane_Grigson
• Charlotte Mason https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/106311.Charlotte_M_Mason
• Fred Provenza https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13050555.Fred_Provenza
• William Cobbett https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/725610.A_History_of_the_Protestant_Reformation_in_England_and_Ireland

Denis Fahey's books:

• The Church and Farming https://loretopubs.org/the-church-and-farming.html
• The Rulers of Russia and the Russian Farmers https://loretopubs.org/the-rulers-of-russia-and-the-russian-farmers.html

In this episode, we continue our conversation on moving from Washington State to just outside Tulsa, Oklahoma. We chat about the changing landscape, packing up our business, and tipping our slaughter truck.

Introduction and Announcements:

• Family Pig classes are happening in the Fall on Sept 29th-Oct 1st, Oct 13-15th, and October 27-29th. Our classes make incredible gifts for anyone interested in the whole processing narrative. From the kill to butchery to cookery, the experience gained at Family Pig is unparalleled.
• Support our podcast on Patreon! Production of each episode takes hours of work, filming, and editing. By becoming a patron, you'll help us keep our episode quality high and allow us to continue filming. You can find us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/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! Promo code: "60daytrial." Use it along with the Newsletter Special option to sign up.

Episode 71 Show Notes:

• Absconding fathers, 1:01
• Slaughter truck packing, 13:15
• Eating out on the road, 25:00
• Changing landscapes, 29:23
• Purging before moving, 35:49
• What our new place offers, 38:00
• Dewlap Toulouse geese, 40:22
• Daniel Firth Griffiths interview for the Robinia Institute, 42:56
• Farmers are often good philosophers, 50:15
• Doubting your senses, 52:15

Links

• Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1251780.Jane_Grigson_s_Vegetable_Book?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=2omYFbYMbF&rank=1

• The Octopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/876843.The_Octopus?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=78vmPTTtvl&rank=6

In this episode, we review The Church and Farming and The Rulers of Russia and the Russian Farmers by Denis Fahey. We also chat about The Prairie Troubadour, our Membership program, and our sense faculties as they relate to farming and all life.

Introduction and Announcements:

• Family Pig classes are happening in the Fall on Sept 29th-Oct 1st, Oct 13-15th, and October 27-29th. Our classes make incredible gifts for anyone interested in the whole processing narrative. From the kill to butchery to cookery, the experience gained at Family Pig is unparalleled.
• Support our podcast on Patreon! Production of each episode takes hours of work, filming, and editing. By becoming a patron, you'll help us keep our episode quality high and allow us to continue filming. You can find us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/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! Promo code: "60daytrial." Use it along with the Newsletter Special option to sign up.

Episode 74 Show Notes:

• William Cobbett, 1:14
• The Prairie Troubadour, 2:27
• Our Membership program, 7:07
• Family farming will save the world, 22:56
• Book reviews, 24:00
• Our sense faculties, 28:17

Links

William Cobbett https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/725610.A_History_of_the_Protestant_Reformation_in_England_and_Ireland

The Prairie Troubadour - https://prairietroubadour.org

John Senior's books:

• Death of Christian Culture https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2866190-the-death-of-christian-culture?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=HALGAgTZRU&rank=1
• The Restoration of Christian Culture https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3036040-the-restoration-of-christian-culture
• Integrated Humanities Program - https://fundihpmemorial.org/ihp-history

Denis Fahey's books:

• The Church and Farming - https://loretopubs.org/the-church-and-farming.html
• The Rulers of Russia and the Russian Farmers https://loretopubs.org/the-rulers-of-russia-and-the-russian-farmers.html