Episode 87: Culling, Cattle Rotation, and Gregorian Chant, Part 1

A Meatsmith Harvest

In this episode, we chat about the Assumption, our current virtue building, guilds & slaughterhouses of old, how our classes can get you off industrial meat, the meaning of culling, and rotational grazing on our farm.

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Timestamps/Topics for Episode 87:

0:00 Intro & Assumption tide

5:47 Our current virtue building

9:00 Guilds & slaughterhouses of old

15:08 Our classes get you off industrial meat

26:20 The meaning of 'to cull'

31:46 The Slaughterman's Creed

42:04 There is waste in life

47:12 Rotational grazing on our farm

Links for Episode 87:

• Slaughterman's Creed from Haslingden Old And New, Blog - Thursday, 23 January 2014 by Bryan Yorke:

'Thine is a task of blood,

Discharge thy task with mercy,

Let thy victim feel no pain,

May sudden blow mean death,

Such death that thou thyself would ask.'

• Greg Judy - Rotational grazing https://www.youtube.com/@gregjudyregenerativerancher https://greenpasturesfarm.net

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