2026 Predictions Extravaganza
What will happen in the worlds of food, farming, and health? Making predictions as the new year begins can be fun, but it's important to write them down. Most of...
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2026 Predictions Extravaganza
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A Reader Question
In my last post I asked for topics you would like to see addressed, and I’ll try to answer all of them (and any others you think of) in the...
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The Ethics of Eating Meat
Slaughtering sucks. I don't like killing animals, but I guess I like eating meat more than I dislike killing. Over the years I've grappled with whether I should eat meat...
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At the Crock-Pot Crossroads
There are few thrills in this world that compare to cracking the lid of a slow cooker and smelling the savory aroma of beef shanks wafting out into the kitchen....
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What I'm Eating 1/31/15
Well, the real answer to the post title today, is "not a whole lot," though not for a lack of food. My boy brought a GI bug back from school,...
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A Lack of Surplus
For breakfast I ate (what else?) rutabagas with ground beef and sage. I find it interesting that I am still able to enjoy these simple ingredients so much even entering...
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Rough-Legged Hawks and the Blizzard that Wasn't
Before Christmas - before I began this whole experiment - I went shopping prior to a snow storm. Less than a foot was called for, but the roads would be...
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Rabbit
Don't worry, I'm not resorting to small game as a major source of sustenance. If I were, I'd be gearing up to quit in a few days when I hit...
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A Gray Area
I have stumbled upon a gray area in our rules that I did not account for at the outset. Last night I received a gift of a big tub of...
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Firewood
Despite the title of this post, no, I didn't go so far as to require all my food be cooked by wood. Modern stoves are convenient and time-saving and believe...
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The Cows of Winter
In a previous post I mentioned that I don’t think I’m particularly prone to anthropomorphizing the livestock. While I do think they have states that vary, I doubt very much...
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Food Item: Carrots
The background carrots are straight out the root cellar, the foreground guy has been washed. Washing before storing tends to shorten the shelf life of roots. Carrots are a staple...
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All Carrot, No Cake
Before beginning this blog post, I recommend you sit down. You might think that what we’re doing - growing all our own food for a year - is kind of...
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Root Cellar
This may just be the keystone to the home-grown food arch I'm living right now. I've grown a lot of produce in other years, but storage has always been less...
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