Ep. 442: Backwoods University - Florida Cattle and Conservation

About this episode

The episode discusses the Florida water crisis from the perspective of farmers and ranchers, featuring insights from multi-generational Floridian Pat Durden.

The Florida water crisis, remains the focus of our discussion. However, we are going to hear about it from a different perspective. Pat Durden is a multi-generational Floridian, a cattlemen, and an outdoorsman. Pat is going to give his take on some the water issue Florida is up against, from the perspective of farmers and ranchers. Connect with Lake Pickle and MeatEater Lake Pickle on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , YouTube , and YouTube Clips MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Lake Pickle

Guest: Pat Durden

Topics covered

• Florida water crisis
• cattle farming
• conservation
• outdoors
• agriculture

Keywords

• Florida
• water crisis
• cattlemen
• conservation
• outdoorsman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MeatEater

Places: Florida

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