Mother running on empty...
I know a lot of you have followed along with Leontien’s blog. I guess a day doesn’t go by that quite a few of us farmwives and friends pause to pray for her. Think of her. Text her. Smile about the gift she has been to us. I know sometimes we have all felt helpless [...]
Let’s be honest with each other. The holidays can be a great time to spend with your families. Lots of food. Lots of catching up on what’s going on in everyone’s lives. Lots of football. Lots of wine. Seriously, how do people who don’t drink make it through the holidays with their families without drinking? [...]
It seems like Meatless Monday isn’t a fad. Yet, I can’t seem to convince my family that no meat all day long is a good idea. Maybe it is because we have two full freezers of meat that was raised by our family. Maybe it is because we enjoy B-12. If you are like me [...]
Let me be frank, we are fat, happy Americans. We bicker about what is the “right” way to raise everything from pigs to tomatoes. We pay more attention to the label on our food than the empty shelves at the local food pantry. And we don’t just use our dollars to express what we think [...]
I am sure that there have been times when you have wondered whether something is still good to eat, done cooking to your liking or still good to use at all. Well, no fear, I am the same way. Here are a few tips to help you out in the kitchen. How do you tell [...]
Just like every other food item we buy, there seems to be lots of labels and buzz words around beef. One of the big things with beef is grass-fed or grain-fed and even grass-finished or grain-finished. The fascinating thing is that all cattle spend part of their lives on grass. Cattle that are grain-finished are [...]
Have you ever thought about the codes on those stickers and twist ties on the fruits and vegetables you buy? I hadn’t really give it much thought. I just assumed they were just assigned for pricing reasons. But, little did I know, there is a little meaning to those numbers. The Produce Marketing Association puts [...]
This time of year seems to be all about pumpkins. You see them everywhere from grocery stores to farmers markets to your own front porches. Obviously, you see lots of them when you visit a pumpkin patch. But beyond your local pumpkin patch, have you thought about where pumpkins are grown? Well, chances are if [...]
Not cheetos. Not twinkies. Not microwavable meals. But unprocessed, raw grains, vegetables, fruits, animals and much, much more. I know this sounds pretty common sense, but I have had more than one conversation chastising “big farmers” or “corn farmers” or “factory farmers” for being the problem. The problem when we want to blame someone for [...]
And how it ends up on your plate, in your mouth, and ultimately in your belly. I have several ideas in draft that I have never pushed publish on in fear that no one would care to read about it. But, after attending BlogHer this past year, I know that many of my readers do [...]
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