The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 53: Homesteading for Food SecurityThe Original Transplants Podcast Episode 53 explores food security and supply chain logistics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Will explains swarm-trapping for apiary expansion, and Will and Sarah discuss preventive and supportive therapies for low-intervention chicken flock health. Sarah shares favorite recipes for preparing dandelions and fiddlehead ferns foraged from the edible landscape, and updates listeners on the progress of vegetable seedlings and orchard pollination. Sarah and Will discuss invasives management and lessons learned while morel hunting, including proper identification, dangerous look-alikes, and the importance of ethical harvest. Episode 53 closes with articles from Lancaster Farming featuring farmer perspectives on food security and supply chain logistics during the COVID-19 pandemic.NotesExton Bee Companyhttp://extonbeecompany.com/Tom Seeley et al. - Bait Hives for Honey Beeshttps://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/2653In the Name of the Kind: A Dungeon Siege Tale (film reference)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460780/Gail Damerow - The Chicken Health Handbookhttps://archive.org/details/The_Chicken_Health_Handbook_Complete/page/n2/mode/2upSamuel Thayer - Nature's Gardenhttps://www.foragersharvest.com/store/p3/NaturesGarden.html#/Mushroom Appreciation - Morels - Identification and Hunting Tipshttps://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/morel-mushrooms.htmlRobin Wall Kimerer - Honorable Harvesthttps://www.upaya.org/2014/06/guidelines-honorable-harvest/Lancaster FarmingFarmers Market Gets Creative to Deal With Covid-19https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/southern_edition/farmers-market-gets-creative-to-deal-with-covid-19/article_69f987df-ca5c-5540-a23b-ba690726821e.htmlFoodservice Decline Leads to Flock Cullinghttps://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/poultry/foodservice-decline-leads-to-flock-culling/article_7b952f8a-d50c-5329-a1f5-ff1673f7d0c3.htmlDairy Industry Seeks Ways to Donate Excess Milkhttps://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/dairy/dairy-industry-seeks-ways-to-donate-excess-milk/article_ec34d93b-21a7-53ef-81b9-614729eae62e.htmlRedding Outlines Steps Taken to Secure Food Supply, Address Food Insecurity in Pennsylvaniahttps://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/redding-outlines-steps-taken-to-secure-food-supply-address-food-insecurity-in-pennsylvania/article_2fe6cfb0-856b-11ea-a141-5b3accc6a0b0.htmlTAGS#food security#food supply#covid-19#coronavirus#pandemic#food#farming#agriculture#gardening#homesteading#gardens#podcast#satoyamahomestead#bees#beekeeping#permaculture#honey bees#apiculture#backyardchickens#chickens#coop#rooster#ediblelandscape#spring#weather#rain#homestead#plants#seedlings#invasives management#foraging#edible wild plants#morel hunting