"Let's start at the very beginning.... It's a very good place to start..." -- Yes, I am singing the "Sound of Music: Do-Re-Mi" song in my head as I am writing this. Want to provide your own food? Want to start your food planning process, but do not know where to begin? This should …
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By: The Survival Mom It was the best of times, it was the very worst of times. America’s Great Depression of the 1930s was a time of starvation and subsistence survival for many families. Decades later, many survivors of those years hold on to the survival lessons they learned, from hoarding pieces of aluminum foil …
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Nutritionally Superior to Grocery Store Eggs 1/3 less cholesterol • 1/4 less saturated fat • 2/3 more vitamin A • 2 times more omega-3 fatty acids • 3 times more vitamin E • 7 times more beta carotene Benefits Eggs from well-tended backyard chickens are healthier Eggs from backyard chickens are tastier Chicken droppings enrich …
Current State of the Farmer in the USA It is my desire to have you all know that I deeply respect my fellow farmers. You will never hear from me a degrading personal remark for those in the profession. Farmers have been vilified by our culture for environmental reasons, farm management practices and all sorts …
Written by: Kathy Bernier Extreme Survival [ repost: http://www.offthegridnews.com/extreme-survival/10-survival-tips-that-kept-your-great-grandparents-alive/ ] Unless you are fairly young, chances are your great-grandparents already have passed on. But if they were around in today’s tenuous times, our great-grandparents might have a few words of advice for us. Survival was something most of our ancestors did well, and a few …
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[article repost: http://www.righttothrive.org/2016/01/25/the-prime-act-giving-the-power-back-to-the-people-at-least-when-it-comes-to-meat/ ] By Christine on January 25, 2016 in Local Economy There aren’t enough federally regulated slaughterhouses anymore. For many farmers, the closest facility with an inspector onsite is a couple hours away, even if they’re only planning to sell the meat at a farmers market. This costs more for the farmer, which raises …
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Worried about the chemicals in your food? Or how your meat was raised? Terrified of the Super Bacteria lingering in your salad? Feel like you have to disinfect every veggie that comes through your door or that you must turn that steak into leather to avoid the inevitable case of food poisoning? We're going to …
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We are launching our Kickstarter Project! Introducing (drum roll please...) How to Provide FOOD for Your Family Kickstarter Project Many of you are well aware of my passion for teaching others... How to Provide for Their Family... Well, we are bringing this knowledge on a whole new scale... We want to create Season One: …
Okay, We have an announcement... This is HUGE!!! At least for us... Well, hopefully for so many others... We've moved! We are starting our homestead and farm over again. We look at this as a lot of hard work, (possibly some cursing... okay, cursing... confession here we come) sweat -lots of sweat-, blood -lots of …
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