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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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Morning Routine: Milk the Goat

Today was my first morning milking Penny (pictured behind Ivar), who was named Penny because she was born on Pentecost Sunday. It is fitting, because it seems Penny has a…

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Farming

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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Raised Bed Gardens, Quick and Easy

This is part one of a series on Starter Gardens. Last week I shared some advice for starter gardens, discussing what to grow and where to get seeds. Depending on…

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March on the Farm

Here is the third video in a series we are putting together about farm life from our kids’ perspective.

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Advice for Starter Gardens

This is part one of a series on Starter Gardens. See also part two on building Raised Bed Gardens. We’ve had several friends contact us recently to ask about growing…

Farming

Where’s the Beef? It’s time to build our own supply chains.

Morning Routine: Milk the Goat

Help Feed Yourself

Raised Bed Gardens, Quick and Easy

March on the Farm

Advice for Starter Gardens

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