Join Rick and Elara of Backyard Green Films as we traverse the U.S on a green adventure! We travel throughout the land in our travel trailer (nicknamed Bessie), on a mission to share the stories, dedication, and wisdom of America's stewards of sustainable agriculture who've followed their own 'call of the land.' From scientists to geneticists to organic farmers and ranchers - plus a bounty of interesting folks we meet along the way, each voice is uniquely diverse, and each story compels us to uncover, discover, and share. Please become a Patreon member and help support our podcast. Copy and paste the link in your browser. https://www.patreon.com/agriCulturePodcast
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Ep 243 Taconic Distillery: 2025, and It’s Di-Still in the Barrel (00:12:41)
It’s our last podcast of 2025 already. In honor of what’s left in the barrel at the end of the year, the best way to enjoy both is to drink up with Paul and Pierce of Taconic Distillery. For this one, we have a video on the Backyard Green Films YouTube channel to go with this one, in case your imagination needs a visual boost. For the taste buds, you might want to head to the Hudson Valley. Links: https://www.taconicdistillery.com/ http://www.rhinebeckfarmersmarket.c...
Episode 242 Susan's Shire: The Joy of Handmade Gifts (00:36:43)
On this episode Susan discusses the joy of making gifts. Whether that be a handmade felted ornament, a special song, or holiday memories. Links: https://youtu.be/fGmAekTPD5c?si=Sg45IZ3I5Ukd7HfL https://www.mosshollowhill.com/ Support the show
Ep 241 Thankful This Thanksgiving For Our Farmers - so God Made a Farmer (00:04:32)
And on the 8th day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker" -- so God made a Farmer. --Paul Harvey Links: https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/PDFFiles/Paul%20Harvey%20-%20God%20Made%20A%20Farmer.pdf https://www.collierswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013_02_Gazetteer.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Harvey Support the show
Ep 240 Susan's Shire: NY State Sheep & Wool Festival 2025 (Rhinebeck I Love You!) (00:30:07)
For this month's podcast I travel to Rhinebeck, NY for the NY State Sheep & Wool Festival. I met so many wonderful and talented people...I was totally geeking out. With my cameraman Oscar in tow, the two of us interviewed some amazing talent, from rug hooking to fine art. So please sit back and enjoy this month's episode of Susan's Shire. Links: http://www.ravensgateprimitives.com/ https://www.sheepincognito.com/ https://www.toftuk.com/ https://makeitwithwool.com/ https://chesapeakefibers...
Ep 239 Rhinebeck Farmers Market: We Run a Muck, Not Amok! (00:17:38)
Muck, glorious muck! Sounds funny, but it’s true. The “muck” found north of NYC and south of the capital city may look like black dirt to some, but it’s more like black gold to those who know – and that’s not a Clampett reference. The agricultural region known as the Hudson Valley grows almost everything like nowhere else, due to this phenomenal resource. Join us today as we speak with Michael Risario and Jeff Scales. They took a moment from their busy duties at the Rh...
Ep 238 Susan's Shire: From Yarn to Fiber to Rhinebeck (00:27:52)
This month Susan discusses the difference between a yarn festival, a fiber festival and everything in between. Susan just returned from the Lambtown Festival in Dixon, CA and will be heading to Rhinebeck, NY for the 45th annual New York State Sheep and Wool Festival. She gives us a little history about some of these festivals and what inspired her down the path of fiber arts and that there isn't such a thing as bad sheep's wool, because someone loves it. So, please sit back and enjoy this epi...
Ep 237 Nick Forrest: I’m Holding Out for an Gyro (00:41:35)
Sheep are cute and fluffy and produce that wonderful stuff from which many sweaters are born. But there’s another side to them that doesn’t get mentioned quite so often. Lamb is an incredibly common meat in most other countries of the world, but not so much in America. Nick Forrest is trying to change that direction, to capture the possibilities of a multipurpose animal that fits so many different needs. Just in time for the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival 2025, and t...
Ep 236 Susan's Shire: Introduction (00:27:07)
Exciting news for fiber enthusiasts! We're thrilled to announce a dynamic collaboration between Susan Shirley, a creative figure in the fiber arts community, and the creators of the popular agri-Culture podcast. Together, we're embarking on a journey each month to bring you captivating stories and insightful interviews from the diverse and fascinating world of fiber. So, please welcome to Susan's Shire! Links: https://www.mosshollowhill.com https://www.lambtown.org https://sheepandwool.com/...
Ep 235 Mark Winslow: Winslow is Not Just a Corner in Arizona (00:23:09)
Mark Winslow is from West Falmouth, Maine, where one member or another of his family has farmed on Marston Homestead since the 1790’s. That seems like a pretty traditional bunch, and moving around doesn’t seem to be applicable. But that’s not necessarily so. We met up with Mark and his oxen demonstration at the American Milking Devon conference in Tunbridge, Vermont. And these boys can do the miles - we heard that a trip to the next state over is nothing compared to the Holl...
Ep 234 Yarn Farm Kingston: The Days of Wine and Knitting (00:14:15)
We search for peace in this chaotic month, and find it in a little shop in Kingston, New York. The Yarn Farm is made those who like the company of kindred spirits to ply their craft, sure. It’s also great for those who might want to stop for a quick skein or an artsy crafty yarn-ish item, as well. But for those of us who might find Zen in an adult beverage, a perfect charcuterie board and a sunny table by the river, we’re also home. Links: https://www.yarnfarmkingston.com...
Ep 233 John Garcia: You’re In the Farming Now! (00:27:45)
Today, we meet up with John Garcia of Dancing Sun Farm. We were able to grab a moment of conversation with him at the lively meetup known as Texas Wool Week, held in the wild weather days of March at Sheepwalk Ranch in Bandera. Cold, wind, sun, warmth – we had it all. After all, this IS Texas. After 29 years in the U.S. Army, John began his second career in service, but this time to contribute to America’s food and fiber systems. He and his family raise sheep, goats an...
Ep 232 California Agritourism Summit: It’s Not Just the Beach – It’s the Farm, Too (00:36:39)
Any time you put the word “summit” in something, it mentally becomes bigger than you previously thought. A conference on steroids, in most people’s minds. And when you do an ag-related summit in California, that notion of grandeur can be well deserved, even when you take away the size of the state itself. The sheer amount of agricultural exports that the producers in California send to other parts of the U.S. and the world is staggering. But there’s another aspect to agricul...
Ep 231 Dr. K: When You Garden, You Can Never Really Be Alone (00:36:17)
In what started out as a May Day date (that’s a truckload of compost in Rick and Elara’s world), a visit to San Pasqual Valley Soils struck black gold (again, compost). In one of the most fortuitous spontaneous Backyard Green Films conversations yet, an extremely knowledgeable dirt farmer by the name of Craig Kolodge, PhD (“Dr. K.” to pretty much everyone) gave an impromptu interview, surrounded by towers of amendment and beeping trucks full of manure, compost and wood chips. Ela...
Ep 230 Catching H2O: There's Rain In Store (00:35:19)
On today's podcast we meet up with Brook Sarson from CatchingH2O. We followed Brook as she took a passel of learners and UCSD's Director of the Bioregional Center, Keith Pezzoli, PhD, on a tour of a greywater and rain catchment project that her company had recently installed. Water management is a favorite topic for us here at Backyard Green Films. With efforts like these, even if April brings few showers, we still have a chance at May flowers. Welcome to Spring! Lin...
Ep 229 Kiko Guerra: The Artistry in the Ordinary (00:41:49)
We’ve been hunkering down for the last few months now on the traveling side of our Backyard Green Films universe. 2024 was a doozy of a year for us in many respects, so we had to take a few moments to catch our breath this winter. Enrique Guerra, also known as “Kiko,” is our guest today, and he’s pretty much royalty in Texas Longhorn Cattle circles. Kiko is the son of another Enrique Guerra – who was always known as Enrique, and he was the man who was responsible for saving ...
Ep 228 Brent Zimmerman: This Dorpers For You (00:20:32)
Now, if you hear me talk about Rhinebeck, you might think today's guest is going to focus on wool. Nope! Not really. Sheep, yes, hair yes, but mostly wool, no. Our podcast guest today is a lovely man named Brent Zimmerman, and as I introduce him I'm kind of hard pressed to call him one thing, though you could definitely call him a sheep farmer. Links: https://www.facebook.com/limekilnfarmNY https://sheepandwool.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorper https://dorpersheep.org/ Support the show
Ep 227 Happy Holidays No Matter Which Song You Sing (00:05:49)
Music by Charlie Recksieck to usher us into the New Year. Support the show
Ep 226 Stephen Monroe: Withalacoochie. Okefenokke. Wampanoag. Caloosahatchee. (00:24:46)
Most people commemorate Thanksgiving today, and all things associated with this holiday. There will be some celebrating family, some marking the day with food, and some praying at the altar of football. Some will be remembering the Pilgrims, and the earliest arrival of Europeans bringing colonists and their livestock to North America. NOT! Stephen Monroe schools us on a common misconception about the domestic animals that were truly the first to be brought here to the Americ...
Ep 225 Oh Yeah, We Went Back To That Sugar Shack (00:18:52)
We were in the mood for something sweet, so we thought it was time for a visit to the sugar shack. We packed up our gear and headed back east to Westbrook, CT to our friends John and Bonnie Hall at Maple Breeze Farm. There we saw the whole process of making that sweet maple syrup. Just in time for the maple glazed ham at Thanksgiving. Links: https://www.facebook.com/p/Maple-Breeze-Farm-100064517539226 Support the show
Ep 224 Barb’s Knitted Knockers (00:46:59)
October is not only a great time to celebrate fiber (what with the Lambtown and Rhinebeck festivals, just to name a few), but it’s also Breast Cancer Awareness month. How do we get both things in one podcast? Knitted Knockers! Barbara Demorest is the Feisty Lady with Fortitude who took a horrible event in life and made it into something that has helped millions to cope with the ravages of breast cancer. We hope you tune in to see what she did, and maybe even how you can be a...
Ep 223 James Metcalfe: All Creatures Bleat and Shawl (00:41:37)
Every once in a while you meet a person you’ve read about in a book. It might not be the actual person, but is the personification of a character that is so accurate, it might as well have jumped out straight from the pages. Today, our podcast guest is one of those. James Metcalfe lives on Hardenclough Farm, “in the heart of the beautiful Peak District [with a] flock of pedigree Cheviots & Luing cattle grazing under the shadow of Mam Tor.” You would never guess th...
Ep 222 All of the Hills on the Edge of the Lake (00:19:24)
We’re back from the North American Hill Sheep Show in Escanaba, Michigan. This inaugural event showcased some British Hill Breed Sheep and some not-quite-Hill Breed Sheep, of course, but there was more to see, hear and smell. Lovely vendor booths with soft woolens and fragrant soaps in abundance, sheepdog trials with panting puppies, food trucks (with some mighty fine brisket, thank you sir), and ice cream that is famous across all of the “M” roads. And then, there were the Brits....
Ep 221 Hexham Auction: Hadrian’s Mule (00:33:49)
Where do we go for fun? Well, all kinds of places, but fish hatcheries, farm shows, and livestock auctions are on the list. Today, we’re taking you back to jolly old England (almost Scotland, actually), to a little town called Hexham. It lies at the foot of Northumberland National Park and a stone’s throw (literally) from Hadrian’s Wall. This is as charming a hamlet as you might ever imagine. It has lovely bridges, excellent tapas, wonderfully kind people, a fir...
Ep 220 Shetland Sheep Society(UK): Sing Me a Song of a Sheep that has Gone - Everywhere (00:28:53)
Located in the southern portion of Scotland, Lanark might be best known in agricultural circles for those big guys from the area around the River Clyde, and to history buffs as the first place local resident William Wallace drew his sword in earnest. We love heavy horses with a passion, but the sheep need to have their day, too. Last September, Lanark Agricultural Centre saw Shetland Sheep and members of all sizes and colors coming for the Gathering, because “There can be only on...
Ep 219 Across Dry Creek and Over the Horizon (00:40:47)
In life, there are talkers and doers. Of the doers, many of them have a characteristic known as “True Grit,” and today’s podcast guests are in that category. Millie and Stacy Bradshaw own Dry Creek Livestock, and a few hours north of Salt Lake City, these two intrepid souls are building a place to call home on the windswept plains and low hills of Utah. On their ranch you’ll find a range of critters, including goats (for meat and milk), cattle (for beef), livestock guardian dogs (...
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