In this episode, 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.

 

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?

 

Links for Episode 108:

• The Dougherty's website https://one-cow-revolution.com
• Dougherty's Farmstead Butcher Trailers https://www.doughertysbutchertrailers.com
• Marcus Grodi - The Journey Home https://chnetwork.org/
• Justin Rhodes' visit to the Dougherty's farmstead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CyVWQZAygI
• Dietrich von Hildebrand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_von_Hildebrand
• Living the Good Life: How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World by Helen & Scott Nearing https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2829865-living-the-good-life

 

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