Joel Salatin on the Sacredness of Food

Some transcript from Joel’s TEDx speech:

“We have this very mechanistic view in our Greco, Roman, Western, Reductionist, linear, fragmented, compartmentalized, disconnected, democratized, individualized, parts-oriented, thought process we never think about the whole.”

“We’ve never had a sales plan or a marketing target. We’ve never had a benchmark that we’re hitting. In fact, we’ve now [...]

Farmer Open House in Milwaukee

Do you live in the Milwaukee area? You may have heard about the Urban Ecology Center, just south of UW Milwaukee and north of the downtown area. On Saturday, March 12th they’re going to have their 9th annual Local Farmer Open House.

Their topics include

What is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)?
Why buy [...]

Homestead Soup no. 3

Use the leftovers from a vegetable party tray for homestead soup.

With Christmas behind us and New Year’s yet ahead many of us go through the ritual of having an office pot luck party. I love these! You can get to sample some interesting foods that are favorites of other families.

But, because of [...]

Homestead Soup no.2

Who doesn’t love bacon?! I feel terribly sorry for anyone who has eshewed pork products (kosher?). The stuff is a gift from God, in my opinion.

I remember growing up and visiting my mom’s parent’s farm on the weekend and very often having “side pork”. From what I can remember it’s a much [...]

No Knead Bread

Yummy homemade bread from ano knead bread recipe.

A few weeks ago a heard a program on public radio talking about a new book out called   Kneadlessly Simple: Fabulous, Fuss-Free, No-Knead Breads. I just absolutely love the smell of baking bread and have been put off in the past because of the [...]

Homestead Soup

I don’t know for sure if anyone has had this idea out there, but today I invented something I’ll call “homestead soup”. I’ll definitely keep trying this one.

Start with your stock pot or slower cooker half full of water. Pick out 2 to 4 different vegetables either from the garden, your pantry, or [...]