A Look Into Pasture Raised Animal Farming

Here is a brief interview with Brooks Miller, a farmer from Pennsylvania. Brooks co-owns his farm, Longacre Farm, with his wife Anna and friend Matt Smith. They raise grass fed beef, lamb, ranged pork, goat and chickens. This is a peek into their farming operation. Recently, Brooks and Anna raised 230 chickens with a death rate below 1%, a significant achievement that says a lot about their farming practices.

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[jaylias]

This farmer clearly has done lots of research! He is very knowledgeable and is concerned about his animals' wellbeing :D Always nice to see animals living happily, and stress free :D

[N8mont4]

Great job!

[rbtmcnrnp]

do something about your fly problem bro

[BadSideOfHeaven]

@klaverenvrouwke that sounds perfect! good luck with it :)

[klaverenvrouwke]

@BadSideOfHeaven Yeah I was thinking the same. We are now looking into buying the adjacent field which gives us 4 more hectares. The edges will be planted with hedge rows with a few solitary trees in it to attract wildlife.

[BadSideOfHeaven]

@klaverenvrouwke i think you would need a little more room if you're going to have sheep aswell

[klaverenvrouwke]

I have always liked this style of farming so I decided to give it a go for myself. Still doing research a.t.m. but most likely I will start farming organically in two years time. The plan is to raise sheep, chickens for meat and for eggs and meat rabbits. I was thinking of using Faverolles as meat chickens. does anyone have any experience with them? The sheep and egg layers will be in the same field along with my 2 horses and 2 Llama's to keep the foxes at bay. is 4 hectares too small for this?

[gabrielou812]

Thank you for the great video! May I suggest you look into Joel Salatin's theories on grazing cattle- it's right up your alley, he just tweaks the idea a little bit more.

[drahm33]

I said more nutrients, not healthier. A person eating a diet entirely of one item will be lacking in many key amino acids, minerals, and vitamins.

[drtouchinsky]

@drahm33

So, a person eating all corn will be just as healthy as a person eating all salads?