🎙️ 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 protect them
-What it takes to rescue a heritage breed...And why it matters more than ever for food security, culture, and sustainability.

🐓At Dalby Farm, every Arapawa goat, every Ossabaw pig, and every Shetland sheep carries a piece of living history.Saving them means saving the rare, the resilient, and a part of ourselves. 
Thanks for being here — and for caring about the rare and wonderful things in life.

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📚 Cited Sources:

• The Livestock Conservancy, Conservation Priority List 2024
• UN FAO, State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources (2007, 2013)
• American Livestock Breeds Conservancy publications
• The Livestock Conservancy, Why Save Rare Breeds?
  (https://livestockconservancy.org/heritage-breeds/why-heritage-breeds/)

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