Episode 106: Our New Dairy Cow & the Stages of Pertussis, Part 1

In this episode, we chat about our new dairy cow, Georgie, adjusting our lives around milking her, why we age the beef for our harvest classes in the walk-in for 30 days, and then we finally get into the stages of Pertussis.

Timestamps/Topics for Episode 106:

0:00 Intro & our new dairy cow, Georgie

12:55 Difficulty of milking twice a day

16:03 Weight on a dairy cow & Georgie being so chill

22:24 Get a cow for the health of your pigs

25:08 Our classes: Dry aging beef & zero trim from beef butchery

28:11 Our beef classes are really cookery classes

33:37 You will see the kill during our classes

38:12 Back to our experience with whooping cough

41:00 Hypocrisy and fear changing beliefs

46:05 Take the rational approach and do your own research

48:58 St Thomas' ideas on humans as the rational animal

52:00 Don't go hunt down your neighbors because they got you sick

55:19 There are three stages in Pertussis

Links for Episode 106:

• Mommy Diagnostics (The Art of Taking Care of Your Family) by Shonda Parker. https://a.co/d/ah1BOlc
• Vitamin C for Whooping Cough by Dr. Suzanne Humphries https://deeprootsathome.com/vitamin-c-for-whooping-cough-by-suzanne-humphries-md/

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