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.
Episodes
61 episodes
Episode 35 All About the Farm Crawl
This week Liz Riffle of Riffle Farms is back to talk about Farm Crawls. Tyler and Liz give the back story of the Preston County Farm Crawl. Who should participant, what to expect, and where to find more info.
Episode 34 The Lambs Go To Summer Camp
Cody talks about dropping of some ram lambs at Virginia Tech for the summer and his guard dog is escape skills.Tyler discusses some upcoming events on on the farm like Pickin' On the Pike June 28th at 7pm Then we answer a l...
Episode 33 Catching up on a busy week
Confidence in pricing.Upcoming road trips.Weaning lambs.
Episode 32 - Who Let the Dogs Out?
Cody and Tyler catch up on a weeks worth of happenings from around the farm.
Episode 31 - Failing to Plan or Planning to Fail
It’s been a busy week, but we’re back with updates for you. We’ve got stocked freezers, updates on the animal front, and trying to solve some last minute problems. Grab a cup of coffee and join us.
Episode 30 - Tyler Does Farm Math and Puns Abound
Updates from around the farm. Tyler does math. Things get punny. And we bring back the "What are you listening to segment?"
Episode 29 - Talking Food and Farm Freedom with Roy Ramey
This week we are joined by Candidate for West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture Roy Ramey. He talks about his plan to free WV small farmers from oppressive regulations. Find out more and support his campaign by visiting
Episode 28 - Getting the Brooder Ready for Meat Chicks
Meat chickens, broilers, Cornish cross, etc. There’s many names out there for these birds, but how can you ensure you’re getting them to the finish line (aka the dinner table). Brooders are discussed heavily this week, along with general prep f...
Episode 27 Farm Stories: Liz Riffle of Riffle Farms
We’ve talked about several animals that you can find on a farm, ranch, or homestead. But this is a new one! Bison! This week, we got a visit from Liz Riffle of Riffle Farms and dove into their story on getting started with b...
Episode 26 - Maybe we’re not so good at farming.
This week, we go over some hard lessons we have learned and give some glimpses of the not so glorious side of farming. Easter Legs of LambCheck out the Appalachian Huntsmen Seasonings discussed during the show. You can purc...
Episode 25 - All About Lambing - Cody’s Crash Course.
If you have an interest in bringing sheep onto your farm or homestead, this one is a must listen. This week, we turned Cody loose on one of his favorite topic. He covers breeding season, lambing, weaning, and everything in between.
Episode 24 Appalachian Grazing Conference and Current Events
Tyler recaps the 2024 Appalachian Grazing Conference. Both of us give a quick update from the farm. We also discuss about some current news stories relating to agriculture.
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 marke...
Episode 22 Ryan's Big Surprise
This week we do some quick updatesLambing is in full swing for Cody at Winnow Glen, Tyler is back from vacation, and as for Ryan . . . well you will have to listen.
Episode 21 What to Look for in a Farm Property
We go deep in discussion on searching for a farm property. Advantages of Leasing. Where to look. Ready made farm or start from scratch?
Episode 20 Prepping for Vacation
Pike Mountain is opening an on farm storeWinnow Glen lambing season is happeningAll three of us discuss how to prep the farm for leaving for a few days.
Episode 19 What Should You Grow on Your Farm
This week have a few updates, then discuss how to deicide what you are going to grow on your farm or homestead. And of course have a few news articles to discuss.
Episode 18 Intro to Raising Pigs
This week we discuss our failed attempt at videoing the podcast. Getting started with pigs in your own backyard.Current Events in the farming world.
Episode 16 Getting Started with Chickens
This week we talk about getting started with the gateway drug of farming/homesteading: CHICKENS! And much more.Links to products we discussed:Plasson Broiler Waterer/drinker -
Episode 15 Cody's big surprise and sampling fake jerky
Join us for this week’s catch up session and sampling some plant-based jerk (spoiler alert: stick with the real stuff).