The Independent Farmstead fabric pot Discover how to ditch society's

Discover how to ditch society's expectations and live by your own rules

Chucula hot chocolate (Colombia)

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15L (approx

Step-by-step instructions cover the basics of making dairy ferments

The Independent Farmstead fabric pot Discover how to ditch society'sWhen Shawn and Beth Dougherty purchased the land they would come to name the Sows Ear, the state of Ohio designated it not suitable for agriculture. Today, some 20 years later, their family raises and grows 90 percent of their own food. Such self sufficiency is largely the result of basing their farming practices around intensive pasture management. Pioneered by such luminaries as Allan Savory, Greg Judy, and Joel Salatin, the tenets of holistic