Ep. 115 – Regenerative Farming, Raw Milk, and a Farmshare with FAFO Farms TX

Regenerative farming using the Joel Salatin method

Clint from FAFO Farms shares how he started regenerative farming a little over a year ago using the Joel Salatin method. Rotationally grazing cows, chickens, and goats. They have a raw milk farmshare, providing raw milk to their members.

Regenerative Farming Goals

When they were looking for land, their criteria was at least 20 acres, access to water or a creek, and fertile land for regenerative farming –

no herbs or pesticides
Revitalize the soil
Rotationally grazing cows, then chickens, then goats to break the parasite cycle.

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The War on Food

We talk about how he inadvertently became the latest front in the War on Food, with people from Austin reporting him to the Health Dept for selling raw milk (although a raw milk farmshare is perfectly legal in TX).

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Tips for New Homesteaders

Clint’s tips for new homesteaders:

Focus on one animal at a time.
Don’t get too many animals to start out with.
Do your research on the animals.

Clint had a very strange episode with a mushroom spore on his property that caused his calf to get Overeating Disease and die.

Carnivore Diet

We also talk about raw milk and Clint’s success with the carnivore diet.

You can contact them at:

Their farm website: FAFO Farms TX

FAFOFarmsTX on Twitter

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