Appalachian Farmcast
A weekly conversation podcast with farmers in the heart of Appalachia. Featuring updates and hard lessons from each farm. Plus topics including rotational grazing of cattle, sheep, and pigs, pastured chickens and turkeys for meat and chickens for eggs, sustainable and regenerative practices, direct marketing and current events related to farming and our food system.
Appalachian Farmcast
Episode 23 Farm Stories: Doug Van-Zyl of Moyo Farms
This weeks episode we welcome our first guest. Doug Van-Zyl from Moyo Farms joins us to talk about how he started and is growing his farm. He covers ad variety of topics including: high tunnels, watering beds, growing for your market, local resources, weeding, soil farming, protecting your farms, profitable crops vs crops people like, broadforks, South Africa and much more.
Sadly this is also Ryan's farewell episode. He gives us a last few updates. His cattle and chicken are have moved to other farms.
Cody gives a quick lambing update and a lovely chicken spa day story.
From Cody at Winnow Glen Farm and Tyler at Pike Mountain Farm.
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