1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Brandon and Lauren start by reviewing the important information: Meatsmith has 3 holiday gifts you can offer your loved ones this holiday season! Membership, the (spanking new) Knife Folio, and harvest classes. The meat of the episode covers 3 questions offered by members of our intimate Patreon community. &amp;nbsp;The first is about vacuum sealers. &amp;nbsp;The second pertains to ruling out botulism in your cures. &amp;nbsp; The third is more rumination on commodity use and commodity value, which results in general admiration for the working tradesman. &amp;nbsp;They arrive at a solution (for the problem of exploitation in the food industries) of individual consumers educating themselves to further invest in and support (never altogether abandoning) local communal economies. A Meatsmith Harvest http://farmsteadmeatsmith.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6057027/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/a6330f/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/18250120