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Foodonomics
Some thoughts (sprinkled with theology and home-grown photos). I. Food: The Foundation of All Economics These are the things I will argue: A) Food is the foundation of human society. B) A vibrant economy in any people group comes only … Continue reading
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Tagged chickens, community, cooking, cows, faith, farming, food, gardening, health, homemade things, hunting, natural living, permaculture, philosophy, politics, reflections, sustainability, theology
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Sourdough: the solution to all the world’s problems
We make our own bread products in this house, and rely heavily on commercial yeast from the grocery store. Not only is the stuff expensive, it’s not self-sustaining, since you have to keep buying it to keep making bread. I … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, food, health, homemade things, natural living, organic, recipes, sustainability
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What We Do: a montage of our days these days
In one of my favorite movies – A Beautiful Mind – Alicia Nash is tending the kitchen while her medicated husband sits at a table staring blankly at nothing. “Whatcha thinkin’ about?” she asks. “What do people do?” he replies. … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, community, cooking, cows, farming, food, gardening, health, heritage breeds, natural living, organic, permaculture, pigs, sustainability
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I Don’t Eat Well So I Can live to be 100
I don’t do much now-a-days except sit in a chair to feed and rock my new beautiful, sweet, precious, amazing, little boy. In doing this, I have alot of time to think. Lately, something’s been weighing heavily on my heart. … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, farming, food, health, homemade things, natural living, organic, pregnancy, raw milk, sustainability
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Ornery Old Red
This is Old Red. He was a 4 year old Rhode Island Red that ran the animal world of the first poultry/livestock purchases we’ve made. Soon after he was instated as commander in chief, we brought up a new generation … Continue reading
Eventful
It’s been an interesting week. Here are the highlights… Monday our well pump stopped working. Well, Kate and I were still driving back from Texas, so Taylor talked to my uncles (our landlords) and decided to call a local pump … Continue reading
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Tagged community, cooking, farming, food, hunting, natural living, pregnancy, raw milk
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Deer
Deer season is upon us – the firearms portion, that is. Here in Missouri, the full season only lasts 10 days. Then I think there’s another 10-day season for doe, and then another for muzzleloaders. Archery season is long. But … Continue reading
RAAAAWWWWW MILK
Pretty much a success this morning. We went to Tunas again, and the Mennonite folk were there this time. They said last Tuesday they just happened to have been gone all day (voting, perhaps?). So we got 2.5 gallons of … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, farming, food, natural living, philosophy, politics, pregnancy, raw milk
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Kate’s Chatterings
I woke up this morning, early, before 7am, freezing because we haven’t turned the heat on yet, and Nathan stole all my covers. I “roll” out of bed with a belly that I swear gets bigger and bigger everyday! I … Continue reading
Persimmon Women
In clearing out the former/future pasture over the past few days, we found a small persimmon grove. Most of the fruits are unripe, but we picked as many as we could reach. Then Kate and cousin Ella used the ripe … Continue reading
