October 11, 2015

FFC003: Talking Nonsense

1 hour 3 minutes

Scott's microphone is marginally improved, though slightly robotic
John's feelin' good post-meltdown and the farm's running smoothly
Bears! A bear on the farm
There are B.S. artists out there. Dr. Oz is one. The Food Babe is another
The Food Babe makes some pretty outrageous claims
John gets questions about "chicken hormones" at the market
Among other things, worrying about food trends (e.g. uh oh, eggs are bad for you again) encouraged John to pay closer attention to food
John read a book about how information spreads on the internet, Trust Me I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday
Generating ad revenue from content tends to dilute credibility
A portion of the internet runs on "Google University"
John started Food Cyclist Farm as a result of reading about how approachable and profitable farming can be
We think Joel Salatin is great…
… but his is one of the books that paint a rosy picture of farming
Poultry farming was tough, but it resulted in an opportunity to manage Camps Road Farm
The "farming is easy" content seems to mostly homesteading-skewed
Young people getting into farming use the blog posts and books as a means to convince them it's easily achievable
Call to action: share your story. Share your insights with the farming community
YouTube has become the great source for how-to; a major change from 10 years ago
Hacking/remix culture has been a great way to iteratively improve methods over time

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By John Suscovich

1212 ratings

October 11, 2015

1 hour 3 minutes

Scott's microphone is marginally improved, though slightly robotic
John's feelin' good post-meltdown and the farm's running smoothly
Bears! A bear on the farm
There are B.S. artists out there. Dr. Oz is one. The Food Babe is another
The Food Babe makes some pretty outrageous claims
John gets questions about "chicken hormones" at the market
Among other things, worrying about food trends (e.g. uh oh, eggs are bad for you again) encouraged John to pay closer attention to food
John read a book about how information spreads on the internet, Trust Me I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday
Generating ad revenue from content tends to dilute credibility
A portion of the internet runs on "Google University"
John started Food Cyclist Farm as a result of reading about how approachable and profitable farming can be
We think Joel Salatin is great…
… but his is one of the books that paint a rosy picture of farming
Poultry farming was tough, but it resulted in an opportunity to manage Camps Road Farm
The "farming is easy" content seems to mostly homesteading-skewed
Young people getting into farming use the blog posts and books as a means to convince them it's easily achievable
Call to action: share your story. Share your insights with the farming community
YouTube has become the great source for how-to; a major change from 10 years ago
Hacking/remix culture has been a great way to iteratively improve methods over time