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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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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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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A Milk Maid and a Potty Train
This morning was my first morning to milk our goat Penny. So I put on my overalls first thing and was gathering supplies when Hattie told me that she would…
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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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