Raising Food

Category: Raising Food

Got a large family and a small food budget? Yet, due to your high standards for nutrition, you shudder at the thought of filling hungry tummies with cheap, non-nutritious filler foods? Here are 14 ways to feed a large family on a small budget. (These tips apply to smaller families, too!)

14 Ways To Nourish A Large Family On A Small Budget

bundles of herbs drying from a clothesline

Where To Buy Herbs (+ tips to grow your own!)

array of boxes and bags of bulk food

Community Food Co-Ops (What They Are & How to Find One)

probiotic frozen yogurt dog treat with black lab

Probiotic Frozen Yogurt Dog Treats — 3 Nourishing Flavors!

Where To Buy Raw Milk | Are you trying to find raw milk because you want the benefits of this traditional food... but you don't know where to find it or how to buy it legally? We love our raw milk (and all the cultured foods we make from it!), so watch, listen, or read to learn how you can source this nourishing food, too.

Where To Find Raw Milk #AskWardee 093

Healthy meat processing is kind to the animals and produces the best tasting meat! Watch, listen, or read for the best way to slaughter and butcher meat -- whether you're sourcing your meat from a local farm or doing the processing yourself! | AskWardee.tv

Healthy Meat Processing — The Best Way To Slaughter & Butcher Meat #AskWardee 084

Do you need dairy-free milk options, but are confused about what's the best choice for your family? What about additives, like guar gum or even sugar? What's the best and healthiest coconut milk to buy? Watch, listen, or read to learn my top 3 picks! | AskWardee.tv

What To Buy: The Best & Healthiest Coconut Milk Options #AskWardee 081

Our skin often acts as a window to our body. If our body is healthy, our skin will be, too! Nature has provided us with many plants to nourish and heal our skin of problems like acne and rosacea -- like these 10 herbs for healthy, glowing skin!

10 Herbs For Healthy, Glowing Skin

What does your meat have to do with hormone balance and inflammation? Does the kind of meat you buy *really* matter? Watch, listen, or read to learn the difference between grain-fed and grass-fed meat and why grass-fed really is better for you! | AskWardee.tv

The Difference Between Grain-Fed & Grass-Fed Meat {3 Reasons Grass-Fed Is Healthier!} #AskWardee 073

Coconut oil is amazing, and everyone says you should use it, but... refined, expeller pressed, virgin, cold pressed... Are you ready to pull your hair out? Which coconut oil should you buy??? Watch, listen, or read to learn the best coconut oil to suit your family's taste (and health!) preferences! | AskWardee.tv

Which Coconut Oil Should You Buy? #AskWardee 072

Heather's family is large, and they're struggling financially. She wants to eat the best quality meat, yet her budget doesn't go that far. What should she do??? Are there any OK compromises or should they just eat less? Watch, listen, or read to find out what to buy if you can't afford organic meat! | AskWardee.tv

What To Buy If You Can’t Afford Organic Meat #AskWardee 066

Our garden was super easy to get in this year, taking just 7 hours over the course of 4 days. Now all we have to do is water, occasionally weed, and of course... eat the harvest (my favorite part)!

The Easy Way To Garden — Done In 7 Hours Over 4 Days (KYF166)

Rennet is an essential ingredient in most cheesemaking. It is widely available online, although most of it is not sustainably sourced. Between GMOs and harmful preservatives, it takes a bit of sleuthing to find the best. Here are several factors to keep in mind when choosing rennet for your cheesemaking.

How to Choose Rennet for Cheesemaking

Do you need to eat meat to be healthy? Watch, listen, or read to learn my 6 points that you can use to evaluate whether or not to add meat to your diet! | AskWardee.tv

Do You Need To Eat Meat To Be Healthy? #AskWardee 011

There's a lot of conflicting information about food out there, and your head is probably spinning as you try to sort through it all. Yet, Real Food can be summed up in one simple statement. Do you know what it is?

Top 5 Nutrient-Dense Foods For Your Family

6 Winter Care Tips for Chickens

6 Winter Care Tips for Chickens

Confession: Until recently, we tended to our brooding chicks in our home office. We spend most of our time in this room anyway, and it's so fun to watch them while we're working! Then I discovered that it is possible to brood chicks outside, and it's a win-win for us and the chicks!

How to Brood Chicks Outside

You hear it again and again in homesteading circles... Loss is inevitable. And that makes caring for any living thing emotionally challenging. Can these hard times teach us anything? Difficult as it is, the answer is yes.

5 Lessons from Loss on the Homestead