May on the Farm (VIDEO)
It’s halfway through June and we just got our May video finished! These are busy months on the farm, but it’s such a blessing to be outside with the family.
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Rory
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Rory Groves lives with his wife and five children on a farm in southern Minnesota where they grow food, raise livestock, and host educational workshops on traditional skills. He is the author of the forthcoming book Durable Trades: Family-Centered Economies That Have Stood the Test of Time (Front Porch Republic).
Nettles the Superfood
This entry is part of a series on Medicinal Gardening by one of our interns, Jenny Cunningham. Nettles can be found almost anywhere, but are mostly avoided because of their…
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Foraging for Medicinal Herbs
Want to enjoy the benefits of medicinal herbs without planting a seed? You can try foraging in any local park, woods or prairie today. This entry is part of a…
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Where’s the Beef? It’s time to build our own supply chains.
As we are all presently discovering, there are inherent risks built into the industrialized food system with its just-in-time delivery. In the last 150 years we have migrated away from…
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Help Feed Yourself
In the 1940’s we were experiencing another worldwide calamity that disrupted supply chains and left store shelves empty: World War II. Instead of sending checks, the government sent advice: “Work…
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Herbalism and Medicinal Gardening
This entry is part of a new series on Medicinal Gardening and was contributed by one of our summer interns. Jenny is a horticulturalist and currently studying to become a…
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