In this episode of The Grazing Grass Podcast, Cal talks with Matt Sparacio of Cove Creek Farm. Cove Creek Farm specializes in premium-quality GMO free, pasture-raised pork, GMO free eggs, and grassfed, grass-finished beef. For the Overgrazing Section, we discuss a cooperative project among local farmers to start a farm incubator and farm internships.
- [01:00] – About Matt and his operation
- [02:02] – His farming background
- [04:43] – About his Kiko Goats and Longhorn Cows
- [06:30] – The climate of Tennessee
- [09:40] – About the highlands and temperature, there
- [10:30] – About his Devons cattle
- [12:20] – His marketing strategy in the pandemic
- [14:39] – What made him raise Devon cattle
- [18:10] – The kind of forages available there
- [21:40] – About the fencing, he has
- [26:00] – About his Gloucestershire Old Spots pigs
- [28:30] – Breeding and marketing the pigs
- [31:00] – Feeding the pigs
- [32:50] – His strategy for pricing the product
- [36:00] – Raising the chickens
- [39:50] – Challenges he faced as a farmer
- [43:15] – The overgrazing section
- [51:30] – His favorite grazing grass related book
- [56:00] – His advice to new farmers
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Products Mentioned:
- Gallagher Pigtail Post
Books/Resources Mentioned:
- Greener Pastures On Your Side Of The Fence by Bill Murphy (Amazon*)
Notable Quotes
- “If you are going to get into farming, then have a realistic expectation of the amount of work that you’re going to be doing.”
- “There’s scientific evidence to back up that moving your animals thinking about how they impact land and what type of impact you want to get out of them can have a significant drastic impact.”
