The Biggest News For Beekeepers In This Century?
Now here’s something exciting for all beekeepers out there, myself included! I’ve kept my eye on Open Source Beehives and their BuzzBox beehive sensor …
How A Wind Powered Sawmill Works
Ever wondered how a wind powered sawmill works? Check out this amazing demonstration from Wranglerstar. It looks very much like an old 1800’s water …
7 Books That Show Us How To Fix Our Broken World – One Garden And Community At A Time
The knowledge in these books have the potential to feed the world, regenerate and restore the soil, reforest deserts, and lead the way to …
Traditional Food Processing: Lactic Fermentation
“Desert without cheese is like a pretty girl with only one eye” — Jean Anthleme Brillat Savarin (1825) Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) fermentation (F) …
Meat Curing: What It Is And How It Works
Curing meat is the product of cultures dealing with the problem of extending shelf life of meat by making it inhospitable to microbes. Evidence …
Using Tree Bark Flours in Cooking
This post explores the Scandinavian traditions of using tree bark flours in cooking—in particular the use of birch and pine barks in the cuisines …
Chaga – The Old New Superfood
The chaga mushroom (Inonotus obliquus; Báhkkečátná in Sami language) grows on birch trees. It has become a trendy ‘superfood’ in recent years, marketed as a mystical Siberian …
In a More Beautiful World, Who Will Collect the Garbage?
I had a conversation today about the beautiful world that I believe will be born out of the converging crises of our age. One …
Beyond Scarcity – A Beautiful World of Abundance
Scarcity is one of the defining features of modern life. Around the world, one in five children suffers from hunger. We fight wars over …