{"id":106119,"date":"2023-01-25T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/?p=106119"},"modified":"2023-01-25T08:25:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T13:25:43","slug":"hobby-farms-presents-growing-good-episode-46-roy-kady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/hobby-farms-presents-growing-good-episode-46-roy-kady\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 46: Roy Kady"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/25715052\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode, shepherd and Din\u00e9 fiber artist Roy Kady talks about the importance and traditions of the Navajo-Churro sheep breed, flock management, fiber arts and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recorded on Winter Solstice (in the Northern hemisphere), Roy explains the importance of solstice in Din\u00e9 lifeways. Learn about the Slow Food USA Navajo-Churro Sheep Presidium, a group created to support and promote endangered foodways\u2014in this case, this rare breed of sheep. Roy tells us what it means to have just 5,000 registered Navajo-Churro sheep and the breed\u2019s their meat, fiber and hardiness characteristics that make them great sheep for a small farm. (Did you know that when managed on range, these sheep can seek out and forage the plants with the properties they need to keep them healthy?)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hear about Roy\u2019s own flock; what he means when he says, \u201cthey manage us\u201d; and the seasonal and rotational grazing methods used in his community. Roy explains how responsible grazing improves the soil. He also offers his advice for breeding and culling sheep to maintain and improve a healthy flock.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roy tells a story about his family\u2019s history in fiber arts and his own work with wool, from weaving to felting to dying with natural dyes, as well as incorporating nontraditional fibers. Listen until the end to hear about Din\u00e9 creation stories of the Navajo-Churro sheep and a quick excerpt from a Din\u00e9 sheep song.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondazioneslowfood.com\/en\/slow-food-presidia\/navajo-churro-sheep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slow Food USA Navajo-Churro Sheep Presidium<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livestockconservancy.org\/heritage-breeds\/heritage-breeds-list\/navajo-churro-sheep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Navajo-Churro Sheep on The Livestock Conservancy<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/navajolifeway.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Navajo Lifeway (Din\u00e9 B\u00e9\u2019Iin\u00e1)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navajo-churrosheep.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navajo-Churro Sheep Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navajosheepproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navajo Sheep Project<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOBBY FARMS PRESENTS: GROWING GOOD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5349,"featured_media":96389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10465],"tags":[11239,11047,11238,2283],"class_list":["post-106119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-fiber-arts","tag-hobby-farms-presents-growing-good","tag-roy-kady","tag-sheep"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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