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What the Farm?! Six months of farming podcasts

Posted on February 27, 2016 By Andrew Thaler
Conservation

Six months ago, my buddy Andrew Middleton and I launched What the Farm?! a podcast about small scale farming, by two people at the very beginning of their exploration in self-sufficiency. Small-scale and backyard farming has been one of the subtle themes of Southern Fried Science for years. While on the surface it may seem like practical farming articles have nothing to do with marine science and conservation, the reality is that how we produce food is inextricably linked to the future of our oceans.

As environmentalists, becoming self-sufficient on our own land, with both meat and produce that we have complete control over the chain of custody, from dirt to dishwasher is the ultimate expression of walking the walk. We’re not there yet, but through What the Farm?! we invite you to follow us on our journey.

We’ve done 15 episodes so far. You can start at the beginning, or jump in to some of my favorite episodes:

You can follow What the Farm?! on Twitter and Facebook (where I post lots of livestock photos), visit our main website, or tune in on Soundcloud or your podcasting app of choice.

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