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🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 30 - Back From the Brink: Species We Thought Were Gone but.. Weren’t?

What if extinction is not always the end of the story?

In this episode of Barn & Soul, Kendall explores some of the most extraordinary conservation rediscoveries of the last century. These are animals and plants once declared extinct that quietly survived in hidden pockets of the world, waiting to be found again.

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🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 29 - Good News, Earth! Environmental Wins You Might Have Missed in 2025

This week on Barn & Soul, we’re doing something rare. Instead of doom and dread, we’re highlighting the real environmental progress that happened this year. These are stories backed by data, not optimism for its own sake. From major renewable energy milestones to wildlife recovery, coral resilience, textile innovation and community farming, this episode brings together some of the...

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🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future.Episode 28 - Heritage Breeds Are Time Machines And We’re Letting Them Disappear

In this episode of Barn & Soul, Kendall dives into the extraordinary and often overlooked world of heritage livestock. These animals are more than old-fashioned breeds or nostalgic farm icons. They are living time capsules carrying centuries of human history, culture, survival strategies, and genetic resilience.

From Arapawa goats to Ossabaw Island hogs to Shetland sheep, Kenda...

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🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 27- Maybe You Shouldn’t Be a Farmer (and that's okay!)

 Farming looks peaceful from the outside… but behind every pretty moment is a reality most people never see. In this deeply human episode, Kendall explores the side of farm life that rarely makes it onto social media: the emotional cost, the physical toll, the relentless responsibility, and the quiet truth that farming is not for everyone. And that’s okay. Duration: 00:21:44

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🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 26: The Quiet Season — What Winter Really Does to a Farm

Winter looks still from the outside, but on a farm it becomes one of the most active and revealing seasons of the entire year. In this cozy, educational episode, we explore the hidden work happening beneath the snow, the biology behind heritage breed resilience, and the realities of farming through a New England winter.

From soil science and f...

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🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future.

There’s something timeless about a child’s first encounter with a farm animal. That wide-eyed look, the tentative reach, or the giggle when a curious goat or duck gets close. On the surface, these moments feel like simple fun, but research shows they carry profound lessons in empathy, patience, and respect.
In this episode, we explore the incredible ways early exposure to animals shapes children’s emotional, social, and cogni...

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🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 24: “The Cost of Care: A Personal Reckoning with  Animals, Land and Life”

In this episode, I don’t stick to the usual form. I’m speaking honestly about the heartbreak and discouragement I feel watching the way humans treat animals, land, and the natural world. From the relentless development of open space in Massachusetts and across the East Coast, to the industrial pressures on the meat...

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🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast - Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 23-  Women, Wives, and the Working Farm

This week, we’re shining a light on the women who built, ran, and quietly revolutionized small farms across America — from the 1800s to today. From home demonstration agents and “farmerettes” to modern conservation leaders, this episode explores how women’s invisible work shaped the backbone of rural life.

Kendall shares some history, the hard numbers, and a personal reflection on how Dalby F...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 22- Beyond the Fence: The Ethical Weight of Keeping Animals

What does it really mean to care for animals in captivity — even with love and good intentions? In this thoughtful episode of Barn & Soul, we explore the emotional, ethical, and practical complexities of keeping animals in our care. From questions of consent and control to the responsibility of true stewardship, Kendall reflects on what ethical animal care looks like at Dalby Farm — an...

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🎙 Barn & Soul Podcast: Episode 21 -  Barnyard Superstitions: Luck, Omens, and Old Wives’ Tales

Hey friends, it’s Kendall! 🐓✨ Today we’re diving into the wonderfully weird world of barnyard superstitions — the little magical, spooky, and sometimes hilarious ways humans have read meaning into farm life for centuries. From sacred chickens deciding battles in ancient Rome, to black sheep bringing luck (or bad luck, depending on the day), to frogs, feathers, and swallows — farms have always been full of omens and little secrets.

We’ll wander through barns, peek i...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul - Episode 20
Farm Instincts: What Animals Know Before We Do (And How We Forgot)

Animals notice things long before we do - whether it’s a storm rolling in, an illness on the horizon, or even a natural disaster. In this episode, we explore the incredible sensory abilities of farm animals and how humans, over time, have lost many of the instincts we once relied on.

From goats pausing before rain, to birds adjusting flight paths hours before a storm, to toads leaving...

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Welcome to Barn & Soul, where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future.

In this episode, we take you on a reflective journey through the history of our hometown- Scituate, Massachusetts - the place Dalby Farm has called home since the 1860s.

From its Wampanoag roots and Revolutionary War resilience to lighthouse legends, family farms, and the challenges of modern development, this coastal town holds nearly 400 years of stories.

Join Kendall as we explore the soul of...

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🐔✨ The Sacred Chicken: Myths, Magic, and Mystery | Barn & Soul Podcast- Ep. 18

When you think of chickens, you might picture eggs, feathers, or a backyard coop.. but across history and cultures, chickens have meant so much more. In this episode of Barn & Soul, we'll take you on a global journey through the mythology, symbolism, and spiritual significance of the world’s most common bird.

From ancient Rome’s “sacred chickens” that guided military strategy, to roosters in Chinese temples and Shinto shrines, to their role in Vodou and African spiri...

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Barn & Soul – Episode 17
🎙️ The Invisible Work of Farm Animals: More Than Meat, Milk, and Eggs

When most people think about farm animals, they picture food—eggs, meat, milk. But that’s never been the whole story.

In this episode, we explore the unseen, often uncelebrated roles that animals have played in our survival and our stories. From providing warmth through wool, to powering early economies, to offering emotional support and companionship, farm animals have done more than feed us—they’ve walked alongside us.

Join me as we t...

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🎙 Barn & Soul – Episode 16: The Future of Farming: How Technology and Tradition Can Coexist

In this episode of Barn & Soul, we explore the exciting and essential intersection of modern farming technology and time-honored traditions. Can precision agriculture, drones, AI, and gene editing truly work with heirloom seeds, rare livestock breeds, and hands-on animal care?

Join us as we look at how emerging innovations are reshaping agriculture—and why preserving genetic diversity, animal welfare, and traditional skills still matters more th...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future.

Welcome back to Barn & Soul! I’m Kendall, and today we’re tackling a big question: Who decides which animals get to survive?

Here at Dalby Farm in Scituate, MA, we care for rare and endangered livestock—animals most people have never even heard of. And that’s the problem. In this episode, we dive into the overlooked world of heritage breeds, from the pigs nearly eate...

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They once dotted every rural road—now, small farms are vanishing from our landscapes and our lives. What happened?

In this episode of Barn & Soul, we journey through the history of America’s small farms—from the golden age of agriculture to the rise of industrial farming—and take a closer look at how towns like Scituate, MA, were shaped by (and now struggle to hold on to) their agricultural roots.

You'll learn:

🌾 The surprising statistics behind the decline of small farms
🏡 How suburban sprawl, rising land prices, a...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future.  Some survivors don’t wear capes—they wear hooves, horns, and silver-tipped fur.

In this episode of Barn & Soul, we uncover the untold stories of rare livestock breeds that defied extinction. From wild pigs marooned on Ossabaw Island to the hardy goats of New Zealand’s Arapawa Island—and even a rabbit breed saved by everyday backyard heroes—these animals are more than just rare. They’re resilient.

You'll learn:

🐖 The 400-year...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul Podcast: Episode 12 — "How Modern Farming Threatens Rare Breeds (and What We Can Do About It)"

Today, 95% of the world's food comes from just 30 species of plants and animals.
Behind that staggering number is a quiet crisis: modern farming is stripping away the genetic diversity that once helped humanity survive droughts, disease outbreaks, and food shortages.

In this thought-provoking episode, we dig deep into how industrial monocultures, GMOs, and high-yield livestock systems are reshaping our food landscape—and not always for the better. You'll hear how the r...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 11 - Terms of Endangerment: What You Need To Know About "Rare Breeds"

🐐When you hear the word "endangered," you might think of tigers or polar bears. But across quiet pastures and small farms, rare livestock breeds are vanishing — sometimes faster than wildlife. In this episode, we're digging into the lesser-known side of conservation: saving endangered farm animals.

🔹We’ll explore:
-Why these breeds are disappearing
-How organizations classify and prot...

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🐐 BONUS EPISODE #2: Endangered but Extraordinary – Meet the Arapawa Island Goat | Barn & Soul Podcast

In this special Barn & Soul Bonus Episode, we’re diving into the story of one of the world’s rarest goat breeds: the Arapawa Island Goat. From mysterious 18th-century origins to their role in modern-day conservation, these unique animals are living pieces of history—and we’re honored to call a few of them family here at Dalby Farm.
🌿 Fast facts
✅ Fewer than 300 purebred Arapawas exist globally
✅ Descended from goats left by Captain James Cook in the 1770s
✅ C...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 10: Love, Loss, and Legacy: Grieving Our Animals 🚨 Disclaimer: This episode discusses the emotional topic of animal loss and may be difficult for some listeners.

 🕊️Grieving an animal is a deep and powerful experience—yet so often, it’s minimized or misunderstood. In this episode, I open up about the reality of losing beloved farm companions, from goats to doves, and how these losses have shaped both my life and the philosophy of Dalby Farm.
W...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 9 - The Role of Farm Animals in Human History, Are We Forgetting It?

For thousands of years, animals weren't just companions—they were our partners in survival. But as technology surged forward, did we lose sight of the role they played?
In this episode, we explore:
🔹 Oxen, plows, and power — how draft animals revolutionized early agriculture
🔹 Chickens in war zones?! — the surprising military history of poultry
🔹 Spiritual symbolism — pigs, goat...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future.  Episode 8 Saving the Most Endangered Goat in the World: The Arapawa Island Goat 🌍

🏴‍☠️ What do pirates,  British sailors ⚓, and a rugged New Zealand island 🏝️ have in common? They all played a part in the story of the Arapawa Island Goat—one of the rarest goats on Earth, with fewer than 1k left worldwide in 2025. 😱

In this episode, we explore:
🔍 The mysterious origin of the Arapawa breed
🌿 How they survived in isolation for centuries Duration: 00:13:28

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 7-  Reconnecting with What We’ve Forgotten | Barn & Soul Podcast.

✨  In this reflective episode, we explore something quietly urgent: our fading connection with animals, nature, and the parts of ourselves that once felt wild, grounded, and whole.
Why does holding a baby goat matter?
What happens when kids grow up without touching the earth or bonding with animals?
And how can farms like Dalby help plant seeds of empathy that...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 6
Hollywood vs. Reality: The Truth About Farm Life.

🎬 From dreamy farm scenes in Babe and Charlotte’s Web to the curated calm of social media reels, today we’re pulling back the curtain on how farming is portrayed—and misrepresented—in pop culture. 

🐔 What does real farm life look like behind the filters and the fiction? What do animal movies get right… and where do they go wildly off course? And why does...

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✨  Bonus Episode! ✨🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. ❤️ All About Chickens: A Complete Guide to Raising Happy Backyard Birds

🎥Every 5 episodes or so, we’ll feature a special video episode offering in depth discussions and helpful visuals about an amazing animal or breed(s) here at Dalby Farm in Scituate, MA. 

🐐🐓🦆 From rare breeds to farm favorites, you’ll get a closer look at the personalities who inspire everything we do. Keep an eye out—you won’t want to miss it! 

To...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future.  Episode 5 - Farm Animals' Secret Language: How Do They Communicate?

🐓 Ever wondered what your chickens, goats, or sheep are really saying?  In this episode, we decode the secret language of farm animals! 🐐 From clucks to bleats, learn how our farm friends communicate through vocalizations, body language, and more. 🦢💬

🎤 What You'll Learn:
• 🐔 Chickens have over 30 different vocalizations!
• 🐐 Goats recognize each other’s voices and use bleats for communication.
• 🐑 Sheep can remember human faces for years...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future.  Episode 4 - Farm Myths Uncovered: Fact or Fiction?

🐷Are pigs really dirty? Do goats eat tin cans? Are heritage breeds outdated? In this episode of Barn & Soul, we're busting some of the biggest farming myths, from misunderstood animal behaviors to the vital role heritage breeds play in sustainable agriculture. Learn the real facts behind these common misconceptions and why small-scale, conservation-focused farming is more important than ever.
🔹 Why pigs are cleaner than you think...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 3- Getting To Know Ewe: Dalby Farm Animal Family Superlatives (Part 1)

🐑From the biggest drama queens to the sweetest snuggle bugs, every animal at Dalby Farm has a personality all their own! In this episode, we’re handing out “superlatives” to our most talkative, mischievous, and heartwarming residents. Meet the escape artists, the loudmouths, the unexpected best friends, and the old souls who’ve left a lasting mark on the farm. Plus, learn fun fa...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 2: Roots & Resilience: A Brief History of Dalby Farm.

🕰️ Dalby Farm has stood the test of time, but how did it all begin? In this episode, we dive into the farm’s rich history, from its founding in 1861 by John Dalby as a chicken farm to its transformation into a sanctuary for rare and endangered farm breeds. I’ll share the key figures who shaped its evolution, including my grandfather’s hands-on craftsmanship and...

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🎙️ Barn & Soul – Where farming meets heart, history, and a mission to preserve the past for a more sustainable future. Episode 1: The Most Concerning Statistics About Farm Animal Extinction

🚨In this debut episode* of Barn & Soul, we dive into a crisis that fuels everything we do at Dalby Farm: the alarming extinction of heritage farm animal breeds. Did you know that nearly one-third of all livestock breeds are at risk of disappearing forever? Or that industrial farming has led to the extinction of over 1,000 breeds in the last century?

😬 Join me as we unco...

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Welcome to Barn & Soul, a podcast brought to you by Dalby Farm - where we will explore the heart of "pet farm" life, learn about critically populated (if not outright) endangered farm breeds, and highlight the deep connections between animals and humans which we strive to encourage and preserve.

The farm has been Kendall's (your host) family since 1861 but it wasn't always a sanctuary for endangered farm breeds or an educational venue for the community. This podcast will touch upon aspects of the farms history, offer insight and advice as it...