Ticks, Recalls & Real Talk: Summer Challenges for Family Farmers

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com shares the news affecting small farmers in America, including a focus on bug news and how an increase in tick activity will affect family farmers this summer, the diseases most carried by ticks, and symptoms of which to be aware with tick-borne illnesses. Then, concerns from the California egg producers over salmonella concerns, Florida-grown cucumber recall, and why poor quality seems to be a key reason for a rise in food recalls. Farmer Doug also opines How-To advice for farmers and how it undercuts farmers’ intelligence and paying attention to whom you listen to for farming and agri-business advice, especially when every farmer, and every farm, is unique.

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