Sourcing Food

Category: Sourcing Food

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)

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

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

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

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

We purchased our home thrilled with everything about it -- except the busy road on which it is situated. Instead of bemoaning our problem, we've been thinking of ways to turn the lemon of traffic into lemonade. ;) This is the story of how our family's entrepreneurial spirit is blooming.

A Family Entrepreneurial Spirit

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

How to Start a Local Food Co-Op or Buying Club | Want to start a local food co-op or buying club? Look no further than John Moody! He's the guy behind the innovative and helpful Whole Life Buying Club in Louisville, Kentucky and he's the author of the Food Club and Co-op Handbook. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/116

How to Start a Local Food Co-op or Buying Club (KYF116)

Raw Milk Q&A | Switching to raw milk is a good starting place for many newly health-conscious families. I went to one raw milk-producing family farm, Fall Creek Farms in TN, to ask important questions: Is it safe? Is it from a good source? How long does it last? Why is it more expensive? and more! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Raw Milk Q & A

As much as I love sourcing and cooking real foods, I don't want to (and can't) spend my every waking moment in the kitchen. So I rely on some store-bought *healthy* convenience foods to make my life just a little bit easier and more fun. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Our Favorite Healthy Convenience Foods

Chocolate is one of my must-haves. Can I get an amen? However, after looking at the ingredients in a regular chocolate bar, I couldn't eat it without a major prickle in my conscience... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

What’s Hiding In Your Chocolate?