WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call

Host Sean McCord (also known for being one of the producers) speaks with Joel Slezak (Free Union Grass Farm) and Erica Hellen (Free Union Grass Farm) about the local food movement. Slezak and Hellen decided to start their own farm specializing in pastured chicken and duck, 100% grass-fed beef, and free-range eggs because global industrial production of food causes concern about food-borne bacterial infection. One of the appeals of local food is that “you know where the food is coming from.”

 

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On this week’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Michael Lachance of the Nelson County Virginia Cooperative Extension joins Rick Moore in the studio for a discussion about beekeeping, and the phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder. From how a colony operates, to how to get started in beekeeping, Lachance dispels common bee myths and dishes out everything you wanted to know about beekeeping. Members of the community also call in with their own questions about bees and the law, disease, and safety.

Plus, did you know that the US Postal Service delivers bees through the mail? Or that drone bees don’t have stingers? Learn more interesting facts about bees, only on WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call!

 

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