Episode 99: Farming, Wine, & Modernity with Kelsey Beck Fernandez of Finca Fernandez, Part 1

In this episode, Kelsey and Brandon chat about farming and processing livestock in urban California, wine culture in Europe vs. the US, Kelsey's Family Pig class experience, and his first solo pig slaughter.

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Timestamps/Topics for Episode 99:

0:00 Graduate school connection to Kelsey Beck Fernandez (Faith vs. Atheism)

10:29 Getting into homesteading via wine production in California

17:27 Sourdough, 2020, and moving further into homesteading

20:53 Kelsey coming to our Family Pig Harvest class

28:53 Our classes are life-changing

33:56 Kelsey's first pig slaughter

41:55 Reckless inefficiencies of food production

49:20 Trying to make sense of reality

54:28 The Family is the irreducible unit of society

58:04 Challenging your likes and dislikes with bacon and wine

1:01:45 The burden of being a rational creature

1:05:00 The world through the lens of scripture

Links for Episode 99:

• Tartine https://tartinebakery.com/about
• Kendall Jackson https://www.kj.com/
• Wendell Berry https://berrycenter.org/