12. Lisha & Bradley Newhall of Windy N Ranch:
Raising Certified Organic Livestock - What's it take?
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Episode Description:
Bradley and Lisha Newhall run Windy N Ranch, a certified organic diversified livestock operation and an on-farm butcher shop. We get to talk to them about their reasoning for going certified organic and how slaughter and wrap and pack challenges pushed them to pursue processing their own meat. Later in the episode, we talk with Matthew Cox of Green Bow Farm where we learn more about the USDA FSIS exemption and how they are now processing and marketing their meats through their own farmstand.
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Contributors:
The Farm Walks Podcast is collaboratively organized by Tilth Alliance and WSU Food Systems. This episode is generously supported by @organicvalley's Farmers Advocating for Organics grant program.
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Production Team:
Podcast hosted by Farmer Nicole Witham @farmernicole
Behind the scenes logistics and general wrangling by Teri Rakusin
Theme Music is, “Soil of Mississippi” by Abakis Music @abakismusic
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Audio engineering and editing by Aaron Mason
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more links
Meat Resources at WA Meat Up
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
Is your farm Certified Organic? Check out these Resources for Organic Businesses compiled by the WSDA.
Interested in applying to be Certified Organic? Learn more about the qualifications, costs, and application process at the WSDA’s Information for New Applicants page.
If you’re needing to get down into the nitty gritty of the rules and regulations, you can take a deep dive into thefederal regulations for the National Organic Program.
