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

How To Start A Bulk Food Co-Op | Individuals and families can harness the power of buying in bulk by joining other like-minded people to form a private buying club. In other words, a bulk food co-op. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Start A Bulk Food Co-Op

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)

A Handy Guide For Washing Produce | The beginning of spring is the perfect to time to talk about preserving produce. I don't mean recipes, canning, or lacto-fermentation, though. I want to talk about the first thing you do to produce once you bring it home. Let's talk about the best ways to wash produce! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

A Handy Guide For Washing Produce

array of boxes and bags of bulk food

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

Traditional Dog Diet: Raw Feeding

Traditional Dog Diet: Raw Feeding

bundles of herbs drying from a clothesline

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

probiotic frozen yogurt dog treat with black lab

Probiotic Frozen Yogurt Dog Treats — 3 Nourishing Flavors!

Eating Locally CSA Farm Tour | We're heading down home... to your farms! Urban, suburban, or rural -- whatever you're growing and doing, we want to see it. Today you get to visit the Romans from Indiana. From their two farms, they specialize in heirloom veggies of all kinds and share with others via their CSA. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Eating Locally CSA Farm Tour

Real Food Quote Monday - Grass-Fed Salad Bar

Real Food Quote Monday – Grass-Fed Salad Bar

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot | “The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.” --Wendell Berry. Just like everything else, it’s a journey beginning at your own front door. Here are a few ideas to help you Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot in your own home, neighborhood, and town. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot: The Four Rs of Conservation

FREE Video: August '11 Garden Update

FREE Video: August ’11 Garden Update

Butchering Our First Home-Grown Grass-Fed Beef

Butchering Our First Home-Grown Grass-Fed Beef

10 Herbs For Iced Tea All Summer Long | You already know the many benefits of drinking herbal tea. Enjoying them on ice is a great way to reap the health benefits and beat the heat, too! Here are 10 common herbs to use in your iced teas all summer long... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

10 Herbs for Herbal Iced Tea… All Summer Long!

It's just a fact of life... Odds and ends, junk piles, dirt piles, you name it. Any homesteader would agree, because gardening, caring for livestock, and living on a shoestring doesn't always allow for the minimalist approach! Here are 14 inexpensive (or free) items I always keep around...

Don’t Throw That Away! 14 Useful Items to Repurpose or Purchase Inexpensively

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

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

KYF #062: Heirloom Seeds and Beyond Off Grid Film | What do an off-grid documentary film project and heirloom gardening have in common? They're the strong interests of husband, father, and entrepreneur Jason Matyas. In this podcast, you'll meet Jason and we'll visit about his off-grid film project, his family business sharing heirloom seeds, his love of gardening, and much more. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/62

Heirloom Seeds and Beyond Off Grid Film with Jason Matyas (KYF062)