Best Paula And Gary Podcasts (2025)

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Connection and Contribution- Blake Hurst 56:34

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Although it is appealing to go solo, succeeding in the food system today requires working in cooperation with others: family, neighbors, associations, boards, committees, suppliers, or customers. Working out a partnership or agreeing to serve on a board or committee, may not be what you signed up for but good luck trying to go it alone. Blake Hurst…

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TWICV Special Episode: Closing College Teach-Outs with Dr. Paula Langteau 24:53

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Dr. Paula Langteau experience a college closure first hand as President of Presentation College. Her efforts provide a positive example on how to provide guidance and support to students and their familes at the time of closure. She joins me on this special podcast episode of 'This Week' to share guidance for college leaders, students, their famili…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for July 7, 2025 19:31

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Here are some of the news and commentary stories for July 7, 2025 + Siena Heights University announces closure + Indiana colleges cut hundreds of low-enrollment degree programs ahead of state mandate + Southwestern Seminary placed on 12-month probation, keeps accreditation + La Salle University warned accreditation could be in jeopardy + A set of p…

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Feeding 1.4 Billion – Dr. Sat Kumar Tomer 36:58

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With a growing population of 1.4 billion people to feed, farmers in India are under constant pressure to increase productivity despite diminishing resources. Nearly half the population and most rural livelihoods rely on agriculture.. With volatile weather patterns and pest infestations, crop diseases and limited natural resources , Dr. Sat Kumar To…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 30, 2025 27:49

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TWICV News and Commentary for June 30, 2025 + Many layoff and cutback announcements last week. + Cornell College (IA) steers away from financial health toward marketing hail mary. + My alma mater: typical of the plight of public And private colleges. + Tuition discount rate continues to move upward. Good for the students. Not so much for the colleg…

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Episode 123 - Jacobinius Arse Syndrome 56:55

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Mike Wozniak, Mike Shephard, Tom Crowley and Linnea Sage join in this month as we get to grips with the new outbreak of Jacobinius Arse Syndrome. Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.com and Soundrangers/Pond5.com Music credit courtesy of epidemicsound.com: Jag Vet en Dejlig Rosa / Traditional Sonatina in G Major / Beethoven Ancient Rome / Cercl…

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DC Central Kitchen – Mike Curtin 59:04

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DC Central Kitchen combats hunger and poverty through job training and job creation in Washington DC, providing hands-on culinary training for individuals facing high barriers to employment while creating living wage jobs and bringing nutritious, dignified food where it is most needed. Social ventures include serving scratch-cooked farm-to-school m…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 23 2025 30:19

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Much thanks to the many, many listeners to the podcast. This past week we hit 10,000 downloads. If you would, make sure to share the podcast link with your colleagues. We don’t want them to miss out on the perspectives we offer here at College Viability. This week we have layoffs, cutbacks, and lots of tuition increases. It is also silly season for…

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Better Food Better Life – Ariane Daguin 28:10

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Ariane Daguin is the founder of D’Artagnan and the visionary behind the new All For One One For All (AOOA) Farm in New York’s Hudson Valley.Known as the “Mother of Farm-to-Table” in America, Ariane has spent decades shaping how we source, prepare, and think about our food. She introduced organic, humanely raised meat to top chefs across the U.S. an…

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Elliot Felix -The Connected College Jun 19, 2025b 25:40

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By Gary Stocker

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 16 2025 23:52

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News stories and commentary this week: + ‘Lives will be impacted’: TSU proposes staffing, scholarship cuts to stay open + Shuttered Michigan House GOP's higher ed budget includes huge cuts for UM, MSU + NY College Has Alumni Fighting Over Its Future (Wells College) shows emotional and maybe irrational attachment to our colleges + Inside Silicon Val…

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Fresh Eyes to Fix Farms – John Kempf 1:00:37

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What happens when an Amish farmer in the world’s 4th largest Amish community, farming with horses, recognizes that overdosing with chemical “solutions “is killing the soil? When that Amish farmer is John Kempf it leads to fresh eyes for actions that can bring soil back to life. In Europe for hundreds of years Amish farmers were known for resuscitat…

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Requiem for a College (2nd Edition) Part 2/3 35:14

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With the second edition of 'Requiem for a College' due out on July 8th, I asked author Jon Nichols and publisher Kate Colbert to join me again to talk about the book. It has been more than 8 years since St. Joseph College (IN) closed. In the interim, scores of additional collleges have closed their doors. Public college closures are now joining the…

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AFB034 - Special guest: KAI PATTENBERG 1:03:55

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Live this week a DJ set from Kai Pattenberg (Hardwandler Records / Chlore / Eclipse Recordings)By Robert T. Master

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 9 2025 37:09

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Here are the stories and links for this week's podcast. Harrisburg University to Close Philadelphia Campus Guilford College Considers Formal Step Toward Possible Faculty Layoffs Facing declining enrollment, Clark University to reduce faculty by as much as 30 percent over next three years As UConn enrollment spikes, a housing squeeze tightens. What’…

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Organic Beyond – Kelly Damewood 32:14

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There is Organic and there is beyond Organic to regenerative organic, including soil health, animal welfare and social. California Certified Organic Farmers, CCOF, advances organic agriculture for a healthy world: advocating for organic policies, supporting the growth of organic through educationand grants and providing organic certification. A non…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 2. 2025 22:38

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On the June 2, 2025 'This Week in College Viability' podcast, Gary looks at: + Can you really ‘grow’ out of financial challenges? + Notre Dame College (closed) is sued by Bank of America. The reason is a big deal. + Education news reporters have a really tough job. Show notes and links: Peninsula College closing Fort Worden campus Ivy Tech CC (IN) …

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Food System Fights – Stuart Gillespie 1:00:00

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Food is life but our food system isn’t helping. Designed in a different century for a different purpose—to mass-produce cheap calories to prevent famine—it’s now generating obesity, ill health, and premature death. We need to transform it into one that can nourish all eight billion of us and the planet we live on. That is the story learned in Food …

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for May 27 2025 15:54

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I didn’t broadcast on Memorial Day. I spent much of the day reading military histories. I was in the Army Reserves for 8 years, but I cannot imagine the challenges and bravery of those who have fought in military battles. I did not. But back to my role as Your College Financial Quality Control Advocate This week on 'This Week' + Buffalo State Unive…

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MAHA’s Report – Callie Eideberg & Rodger Wasson 54:32

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The long-anticipated MAHA Report : “Making our children healthy again” is published. In the preamble it claims “to be a call to action, presenting the stark reality of American Children’s declining health, backed by compelling data and long-term trends.” It unpacks the potential dietary, behavioral, medical and environmental drivers behind the cris…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for May 19, 2025 24:44

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In an era of DEI cutbacks, we have a diverse set of stories this week. + 7 public colleges in PA proposed to close. + KS is fretting over tuition increases, but the real issues is they can’t graduate students in 4 years. + A college closure prediction story from 2019 + Regulators remove Antioch College's financial distress designation + States Are …

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Episode 122 - The Great Big British Toddler Teardown Live 50:29

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Chris Cantrill, Greig Johnson, Amy Gledhill, Rob Gilroy and Amy Mason join in this week as we hear from formers darts champion Kenny Baritone about an event he is planning in Doncaster. Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.com and Soundrangers/Pond5.com Music credit courtesy of epidemicsound.com: Streets Of Wonder / Marc Torch Trollmors Vaggsang…

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Listen For Voice Of Agriculture – Rodger Wasson 33:02

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Agriculture, from farms to tables, have voices to be heard. Farm To Table Talk host Rodger Wasson brings his own voice to the table with farmers, chefs, policy makers, innovators and dreamers with conversations that offer ideas and inspiration to the food system . The table turns in this conversation as Rodger is a guest on Capri Cafaro’s Eat Your …

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for May 12 2025 24:45

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Lots of cutback and layoff stories this week. With most commencement events taking place, I continue to look for stories where colleges proudly announce their sub-50% graduation rates. Hasn’t happened yet. Here are the top stories beyond cutbacks and layoffs + Arkansas Baptist College employees go weeks without pay + Not All Colleges Are Worth Savi…

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Farmers Should Earn More/Work Less – Ari Memar 55:57

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Farmers work too hard for what they earn. They need to earn more and work less for their way of life that should be profitable. Small farms are critical to local communities and food systems, but are especially outmatched by the resources available to larger farms — technology, equipment, sales and marketing teams, and back office staff. So in part…

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AFB033 - Special guest: AKKON 59:59

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Live this week a DJ set from AKKON (DSR Digital / Dolma Records / Eclipse Recordings)By Robert T. Master

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for May 5, 2025 34:13

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Here are some of the stories I cover on the May 5th TWICV. 1. Limestone University holds graduation after faculty votes to ban President, VP, Board of Trustees. As you might guess, I have some thoughts on that. 2. Closed college students” Be wary the college ambulance chasers 3. Education Dept. Moves to Make It Easier for Colleges to Switch Accredi…

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Wasted – Minerva Ringland 46:52

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The food system is extremely inefficient with 237 million tons going unsold or uneaten.--becomingfood waste, which goes t to landfill, incineration, or down the drain, or simply left in the fields to rot. That’s almost 120 billion meals’ worth of food that goes unsold or uneaten each year, roughly 1.4% of U.S. GDP. The impacts on climate and enviro…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Apr 28, 2025 29:14

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It looks like it is accreditor justification week at College Viability. Many of the stories in this week's podcast deal with the chronic inability of accrediting agencies to use graduation rate and financial data to monitor collleges. Show notes: Trump’s Executive Order Bashes Accreditors, Blames DEI for Low Standards and Poor Outcomes St. Andrews …

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) Special Eric Kelderman from The Chronicle of Higher Education: "‘We Have More Athletes Than We Have Fans’" 23:43

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Eric Kelderman is a Senior Writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education. Our podcast topic is based on Eric's March 2025 article entitled: ‘We Have More Athletes Than We Have Fans’ Many small colleges have invested in sports to boost enrollment. What happens when it doesn’t work? Eric adds some depth to the developing concerns that adding college s…

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Episode 121 - Lead and Beef 34:05

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Cody Dahler joins in this month as we catch up with former scuba diver Nicholas Summers, who has emerged from his coma and started a new business venture. Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.com and Soundrangers/Pond5.com Music credit courtesy of epidemicsound.com: Talking Woods / Guto Lucena Uncharted Lands / Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen…

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Good Farming Good Health – Camilla Petersen 58:27

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To be a good Doctor and to do good health you really need to understand farming and agriculture, because good farming also equals good health and overall wellness, once said Wendell Berry. Dr. Camilla Petersen owns her own concierge medical practice in Missoula Montana where creating good health starts with what we are putting into our bodies. Cami…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Apr 21, 2025 24:46

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Springtime in higher education is bringing more and more stories of individual college financial trauma and industry-wide trends that almost always are negative. + Limestone College (S C) nears what may be its final days of existence. + Jacksonville University faculty issues ‘no confidence’ vote in President Cost after decision on cuts + Ryan Craig…

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Degenerative or Regenerative Ag – Mike Lessiter 44:25

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Regenerative agriculture is the opposite of Degenerative agriculture. Research and innovative farmers are showing that no-till with cover crops increases net profit, organic matter, water quality, air quality and builds soil while reducing runoff. Regenerating soil allows farmers to literally gain more land and grow more crops profitably without lo…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Apr 14 2025 28:51

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There is much to catch up on in this week's podcast episode. Highlights include: + Two Mass. colleges in financial ‘danger,’ accreditation agency finds – Belatedly so. + Our College Closed: Advice for Navigating Professional Deaths and Rebirths + The reason dozens of Mass. colleges could close within a decade (hint: it’s not Trump) + Shock: A polit…

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Plant Based Journey -Heather Donaldson 44:40

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Changing what you eat is a journey that may lead to growing, preparing, and marketing before sharing and consuming your food focused dreams. When the destination of the journey is a plant based diet, it may be a challenging transition. When Heather and Reggie Donaldson were moving from LA back to Cincinnati, they knew delicious plant based cheeses …

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The Real Story Behind College Closures - Requiem for a College - 2nd edition (April 2025) 29:49

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Jonathan Nichols self-published the first edition of Requiem for a College in 2022. Here is the Amazon description of the book from 2022. On February 3rd, 2017, Saint Joseph’s College, a small college in Rensselaer, Indiana, announced it would “suspend operations,” effectively ending an over 100 year history as a four-year college. While most of th…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Apr 7, 2025 26:18

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Here are the big headlines for This Week in College Viability. + Free-Falls: Stocks and Colleges + Do strategic alliances yield significant financial results? + 2 colleges cut ALL NCAA sports programs + ‘Requiem for a College’ 2nd edition is out in 2025 + Lower stock market returns to impact college endowments. For private demos of the College Viab…

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Sky’s The Limit – Arthur Erickson 33:01

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Small and mid-sized farms face a storm of economic pressures, worsening labor shortages, climate extremes, and relentless market disruptions (tariffs) With profit margins squeezed farmers are turning to precision agriculture, leveraging advanced, autonomous drone technology to optimize resources, reduce waste, overcome labor gaps, and maintain prof…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) For March 31, 2025 15:50

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I saw the value of the college experience up close this past weekend. I attended a fundraising benefit for a local private college. 20 college athletes. (still student-athletes – although I may change my mind on that) They put on their best clothes, were introduced to the 800 people in attendance, ate a really nice chef-prepared meal, and helped ex…

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Soil Is Healthcare’s Future – Nadine Clopton 46:16

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In the U.S., 90% of the $4.5 trillion spent on healthcare goes toward managing chronic disease, yet Physicians receive an average of just 19.6 hours of nutrition education. It's time for a new approach to healthy living, from the ground up.. Prestigious agriculture research and education nonprofit, Rodale Institute is a global pioneer that integrat…

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AFB032 - Special guest: MISTAY 1:02:55

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Live this week a DJ set from MISTAY (Dreizehn Schallplatten / Autektone Records / LETS TECHNO records)By Robert T. Master

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Jumanji: CWS - Episode 950 26:09

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It’s MaxFunDrive! To support the show, go to maximumfun.org/join It’s episode 950 of Jumanji: CWS with Michael Banyan. This week's guest is actor Roger Westcott LeMaigrelay. Thanks to Henry Paker and Tom Crowley.By Henry Paker, Tom Crowley

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Nutrition Security – Nate Blum 57:25

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Nutrition security alongside food security will ensure healthy and active lives. Achieving nutritional security is being achieved through nutrition-sensitive farming, diversified food production and community sensitization. Nate Blum is an agricultural expert and the CEO of the Sorghum United Foundation, dedicated to advancing human and animal heal…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for March 17, 2025 26:46

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Best wishes to all of my Irish friends on this St. Patrick’s day 2025. I looks like the jacket I am wearing is green. So, I should be good to go. An ugly weather weekend in the eastern half of the country. It looks like a tornado might have hit within a mile of our St. Louis suburban home Friday night. An economic tornado continues in Higher Educat…

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Episode 120 - Billy Whizzbang 1:08:34

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It's MaxFunDrive! To support the show, go to maximumfun.org/join Mike Shephard, Gemma Arrowsmith, Mike Wozniak, Tom Crowley, Gareth Gwynn and Linnea Sage join in this week as we learn all about Major Billy Whizzbang, the plucky bullock who served in World War 2. Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.com, Soundrangers/Pond5.com, Matteocurcio/Pond5…

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Backyard Farming – Kim Pezza 56:19

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As egg prices reach record highs, more homeowners are turning to backyard chicken farming as a sustainable and cost-effective solution. This surge in prices has led to a growing trend of individuals raising their own chickens to ensure a steady supply of fresh eggs. Kim Pezza is an expert in sustainable living and the author of Backyard Farming: Ra…