On this episode of the Farm Table podcast, Tim and I discuss our shared Spokane connection, being a referee in high school and college football, his career in steel and his transition to auctioneer working with many great non profits. We also discuss Rotary, one of the largest non profit networking groups in the world and why our little group is a part of something so much bigger across the globe.

• I would like for to share your individual faith journey and how it has intersected with farming (or completed)
• When someone tells you that consuming beef is bad for the environment, what is your reaction and how would you respond?
• Natural order is used a lot in your talks, tell us more about what that means in general, our relationship with God, and you personally
• Rosary and other meditation, even the liturgy itself as meditation - And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
• PIGS - "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." — Winston Churchill.

• What is Anna and families back story? How did you get to Vancouver Island?
• How did you get started (and why) with your homestead and that way of life?
• When communicating your story/message what would you describe as your specialty/focus? What would your 'elevator speech' sound like?
• What makes your homestead website and classes different from other homesteaders? What makes yours unique?
• What is it like in Canada/Vancouver Island specifically when homesteading? Weather? Landscape? Openness (or not) of community? How is this way of life being received there?
• You have a membership and courses. Tell us about them. What will we find?
• You had your own magazine. Tell us about that and what transitions have been made in that space.

1. Tell me the history of the butcher business in your family
2. How have things changed since your family started?
3. Discuss the difference between WDA and USDA slaughterhouse facilities
4. How can the small farmer work better with guys like you?
5. Walk us through the classic butcher of a beef and a pig. What are a few differences between US style butchering of these animals and other cultures?
6. What are the “butcher cuts” and how have they changed over the years
7. When a family buys a share of beef or pork, they are getting cuts that seem to have been forgotten over time, cuts like chuck roast, eye of the round, country style ribs (pork) and so on. Why did that happen and what do you tell people on how to cook them especially for a mid week real-life meal.
8. When you cut open a beef or pork, what are you looking for? How do you know that the beef or pork was raised well?
9. What would you like to tell us small farmers who are trying to reengage homestead practices? We want to feed our own families and raise some food for others in our community, how can we be different from the big slaughterhouses?

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Visit the Falling River Meats butcher shop in North Bend at 108 W North Bend Way, North Bend, WA 98045 or at www.fallingrivermeats.com.

1. Tell us a little about yourself, your family and what led you to making feed
2. Why Kettle Falls in particular?
3. You are known for non gmo, no corn and no soy in your feed, why is that important?
4. Share "behind the curtain" on how you developed the specific ratio/recipe for each feed. We grown swine for example, tell us how you arrived at that ratio
5. You promote "cavalry oil." Tell us about that, why you make it, and the process.
6. You told me that your raw ingredients are sourced locally, tell us more about that?
7. If you had a way to "train your farmers/customers" on how to grow their animals or run their farms, what would you say or suggest?
8. How can we support you and feed store? Where can people find out more information about your work and your product?

Join me in a discussion with Larry Snyder as a mentor to many at Starbucks, professional photographer, author and auctioneer.

For full show notes go to www.irishmikesmith.com/podcast-snyder

www.lakejoyfarmstead.com

www.blackclovecountry.com

Wow has the Puget Sound real estate market changed in 6 months. Join me as Garrett Brown and I discuss what is new this winter and what we can expect in 2023!

This is a re-release and updated production of a podcast from last year.

Join me in my discussing with Matthew Rudolph where we discuss the rise of Celtic Christianity throughout Ireland, the UK and the rest of Europe via prominent figure like Patrick of Ireland.

Show notes can be found at www.irishmikesmith.com/podcast-celtic-christianity