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Sourcing Food

Category: Sourcing Food

Get to know your food.

Get to know your food.

Alternative "Grocery" Shopping | Many of us love the idea of homesteading... but are unable to do it yet. I'm here to tell you, just because you do not grow and raise most of your own food right now does not limit you to the grocery store as your only source of food. Ironically, although there are grocery stores galore, the conventional grocery store is often the hardest (and most expensive) place to find well-raised or well-grown, quality natural foods. Fortunately, there are numerous alternatives! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Alternative “Grocery” Shopping

Got Raw Milk? Questions to Ask Your Farmer | I love raw milk and I personally believe it's one of the most nourishing foods. But I'm aware not everyone shares my enthusiasm. Like most things, intentionality and being an informed consumer plays a key role. Raw milk, unlike many foods, is remarkably safe to consume due to its highly probiotic nature. But, if it's produced, stored, or transported in unsafe or unclean ways, it may become unsafe to ingest. Here are a few questions you should ask to help you choose your raw milk source. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Got Raw Milk? Questions to Ask Your Farmer

Beyond the (Chicken) Egg | All eggs are not created equal. By now, it is well known in the real food community that pastured chicken eggs are more nutrient-dense and healthy than their conventional counterparts. And, if you're willing to stray further off the beaten track, chickens aren't the only birds that lay delicious and healthy eggs. Quail, duck, and goose eggs are all popular alternatives to the chicken, offering variety and different nutritional benefits. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Beyond the (Chicken) Egg

KYF #063: Wild Nutrient-Dense Protein with Alderspring Ranch | Wild nutrient-dense protein. It's what Glenn Alzinga and his family raise on pristine, highly mineralized range-land at Alderspring Ranch in May, Idaho. In today's podcast, I visit with Glenn about his ranch, his family (he and his wife have 7 daughters), the concept of "wild" protein, resources for anyone else who wants to produce pastured meat, and much more! Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/63

Wild Nutrient-Dense Protein with Alderspring Ranch (KYF063)

Raw Cat Feeding (Plus Cat Food Recipe) | I don't believe in spending exorbitant amounts of money to keep an ailing animal alive, but I do believe in humane treatment and loving care as much as possible. When our cat Ezra’s kidneys were ailing, I researched good diets that could help her. Over the recent years I had not given much attention to the type of diet a cat should eat: rather than Friskies, a diet fitted to the feline nature. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Raw Cat Feeding (Plus Cat Food Recipe)

How To Homestead Without 100 Acres & A Cow | 'I really want to homestead, but we're waiting until we can afford to buy an acreage.' I hear that comment a lot, and here's my response: 'If you have a home, you have a homestead.' Today I will share ways you can start homesteading wherever you are, regardless of where you live or the resources you have (or don't have). | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How to Homestead Without 100 Acres & A Cow

Local Food 101: Chickens and Eggs | How can you know if a particular food source is a wise and healthy choice? You start by talking to the farmer who produces it, asking questions that pertain to the type of food you're buying. In this post, we'll discuss chickens and eggs (and other poultry as well). Use these questions when approaching your local farmer or source. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Local Food 101: Chickens and Eggs

Local Food 101: Beef | How can you know if a particular food source is a wise and healthy choice? You start by talking to the farmer who produces it, asking questions that pertain to the type of food you're buying. In this post, we'll discuss beef. Use these questions when approaching your local farmer or source. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Local Food 101: Beef

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

Amish Butter: Really? | Is this Amish butter or not? Come along with me, and we'll find out! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Amish Butter: Really?

Local Food 101: Fruits and Vegetables | How can you know if a particular food source is a wise and healthy choice? You start by talking to the farmer who produces it, asking questions that pertain to the type of food you're buying. In this post, we'll discuss fruits and veggies. Use these questions when approaching your local farmer or source. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Local Food 101: Fruits and Vegetables

Foraging for Morels (and preserving methods)| Although we may still see a frost or two, spring has finally sprung here in northern Idaho. Our most favorite thing to do this time of year is forage for morel mushrooms! I'm thrilled to share our morel excitement with you (and I hope it's contagious) plus give you ideas for eating and preserving morels. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Foraging for Morels

Thumbs Up! The Urban Farm Handbook

Thumbs Up! The Urban Farm Handbook

KYF #078: Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms, Part 2 | What should we be doing in our backyards? How does one cultivate "out-of-the-box" thinking? I'm thrilled to share this conversation about food, farming, and getting back in the kitchen -- with Joel Salatin, self-proclaimed "Christian, libertarian, environmentalist, capitalist, lunatic Farmer". Plus... the tip of the week! This is part 2 of 2. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/78

Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms, Part 1 (KYF077)

KYF #078: Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms, Part 2 | What should we be doing in our backyards? How does one cultivate "out-of-the-box" thinking? I'm thrilled to share this conversation about food, farming, and getting back in the kitchen -- with Joel Salatin, self-proclaimed "Christian, libertarian, environmentalist, capitalist, lunatic Farmer". Plus... the tip of the week! This is part 2 of 2. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/78

Joel Salatin and Polyface Farms, Part 2 (KYF078)

Local Food 101: Pork | How can you know if a particular food source is a wise and healthy choice? You start by talking to the farmer who produces it, asking questions that pertain to the type of food you're buying. In this post, we'll discuss pork, including processing options. Use these questions when approaching your local farmer or source. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Local Food 101: Pork

Homesteading in Hawaii | What can you grow in Hawaii? Why, tropical fruits! And Kris Bordessa is quite good at that -- plus chicken wrangling. She grew up on the mainland growing the usual summer crops but had to change gears completely when her family moved to Hawaii. On today's podcast, we talk about her homestead plus the local food community. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/80

Homesteading in Hawaii with Kris Bordessa (KYF080)