{"podcast":{"title":"The Wooly Whey","slug":"the-wooly-whey-7214025","podcast_index_feed_id":7214025,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/7iWyOfvL.rss","website_url":"https://podcastle.ai/show/the-wooly-whey-FjpUzkdf","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/imports/podcasts/1d1d7d0d-622c-4bff-aa15-5be872c14137/woolywheylogo-jpeg.jpeg","author":"Rachel Hester & Liv Fox","episode_count":37,"summary":"Come learn all things Dairy Sheep! On this podcast we chat with small shepherding homesteaders, professional sheep dairies, cheesemakers, experts in Agriculture, artisanal l butchers, and even a few fiber artists, to help you learn how to best care for your dairy sheep. Hosted by Liv Fox current President & Founder of the North America Dairy Sheep Association & Rachel Hester, author of 'The Guide to Homestead Dairy Sheep,' - the only book currently in print on the topic of raising sheep for dairy purposes - this podcast seeks to bring more resources to the Dairy Sheep community. Our goal is to have something for everyone as long is it pertains to dairy sheep. We want to help YOU feel more confident diving into sheep for milk. We highlight different breeds for milking - both dairy specific and traditional heritage breeds - and talk about when you would want to pick one over the other. On this show we want to help you start to finish - from lambing, to milking, to cheesemaking. We also cover ethical harvesting of access or retired animals, delicious recipes for the meat, and what to do with all that wool (as there are currently no hair dairy breeds of sheep). 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You may have heard him talk about the Pigness of the Pig, but we dive into the Sheepness of the Sheep - what makes animals unique, sheep and animal psychology, and how understanding their unique differences helps us practice good animal husbandry and Earth Stewardship. As Kyle and I had just experienced on of the worst farm emergencies to date, this conversation's timing was so applicable as we dove into when to make the hard choice and cull an animal, and how one navigates that decision mentally. Find out more about Joel Salatin at www.polyface.com Sign up for our email newsletter and get updates on our homestead and farm products at www.whoopsydaisyfarm.com Like our content? Let us know! Want to see something in particular on our channel? Tell us what it is! Send us a message at: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088451235571 Use our Affiliate links and get a discount! 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