In this episode, we chat about Brandon's recent travels to teach classes in other states, family farms, and land management trends.

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Show Notes:

• Intro and meandering, 1:03
• Family Pig classes, 2:26
• Brandon's Travels, 9:39
• Washington- Sheep harvest class 11:23
• Family farms, 11:58
• Low tech classes, 15:44
• North Carolina - Justine Rhodes' farm, 20:49
• Arkansas - New Woodlands Farm, 23:18
• Classes and teaching, 26:32
• Sourcing feed in Oklahoma, 32:38
• Sterilization, 37:22
• Family farms as the ideal environmental strategy, 39:47
• Virginia - Robinia Institute, 41:49
• Land management trends, 47:02
• Subsidiarity, 50:57
• Nature saved by our stewardship, 55:54
• The exception is sickness, 59:26

Links for Episode 72:

• William Cobbett - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12532490-cottage-economy
• Isabella Beeton - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1793753.Mrs_Beeton_s_Book_Of_Household_Management
• Justin Rhodes - https://homesteadersofamerica.com
• Pannage - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannage
• J. Russell Smith - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52342488-tree-crops
• Robinia Institute - https://robiniainstitute.com/
• Gearld Fry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46PF8JpE5xc