Category Archives: Farming/Homesteading

The Benefits of Choosing Animals Raised on Pasture

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Susan

Tweet In her book Pasture Perfect: The Far Reaching Benefits of Choosing Meat, Eggs, and Dairy Products from Grass-Fed Animals, Jo Robinson explains how products from animals raised on pasture are great for our health. I don’t know about you, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming/Homesteading, Food, Healthy Living | Tagged beef, Cattle, Cattle feeding, Dairy Products, food, grass-fed, Joel Salatin, Linoleic acid, nutrient dense, Omega-3 fatty acid, pastured poultry, Vitamin | 14 Comments

Corn Injustice

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Susan

TweetQuick! Name every food you can think of made with corn. …I’ll wait…..

Posted in Farming/Homesteading, Food, Healthy Living | Tagged beef, biblical justice, chicken, corn, corn subsidies, corn syrup, eggs, farm, farmers, Farming/Homesteading, food, ground beef, health, high fructose corn syrup, justice, USDA | 14 Comments

How To Render Lard

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Susan

Tweet The last time we purchased a side of pork from a local farmer, we asked him for some of the fat so that we could render lard. It’s been sitting in my freezer. After reading Long Way on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming/Homesteading, Food | Tagged homesteading, lard, pork, render | 22 Comments

The Foxfire Books

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Susan

Tweet Mike and I started dating when he was 13 and I was 14. Most of our “dates” consisted of walking, swimming at the YMCA and making grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup at his parents house. And we spent … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming/Homesteading, Food, Gardening | Tagged foxfire, gardening, homesteading | 32 Comments

Long Way on a Little by Shannon Hayes: A Book Review

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Susan

Tweet Long Way on a Little, Shannon Hayes 4th book, is for meat lovers. It convincingly argues that we can lower our food costs and still pay farmers fairly by reducing waste and using all of the animal. The book is … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming/Homesteading, Food | Tagged cookbook, frugal, grass fed beef, pastured poultry, recipe, Shannon Hayes, swiss chard | 6 Comments

Have You Taken a Farm Tour Lately?

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Susan

Tweet I think that Sean Zigmund and Cheyenne Miller are audacious. They have a few acres in upstate NY and they call it a farm. And you know what? It is a farm. These young people know how to work … Continue reading →