Are There Any Good Sweeteners?
It seems like everything has sugar in it. Or HFCS. Or something else. Is anything good anymore?
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Articles about local food, farming, dairy, preservation, and fermentation.
So That's Why We Shouldn't Put Yard Waste In The Trash
Your local trash pickup might have a yard waste option, but why are they separate? I'm shocked how long it took me to learn the reason.
Read articleCoffee is Fermented, and what it taught me about pickling
Until last night, I didn't know coffee was fermented(-ish), but I certainly wasn't expecting to learn why fermented pickling works.
Read articleWe Should Teach Farming in Schools
I don't feel like I learned enough about farming in school, both because it was 30 years ago and because we didn't spend much time on it. It's important that the next generation is equipped to understand where their food comes from.
Read articleThis is a Gardening Show
A review of the gardening show hosted by Zach Galifianakis.
Read articleFermented Ginger Beer Recipe From a Ginger Bug
A naturally fermented ginger beer recipe made with a homemade ginger bug, complete with process notes, troubleshooting, and brewing details.
Read articleIs Clarkson's Farm Worth Watching?
A surprisingly useful farming show, even when it leans hard into entertainment.
Read articleIs Fermentation Biology or Chemistry?
Fermentation is driven by living microbes, but chemistry shapes what they do and what gets produced.
Read articleIs Quick Pickling Really Pickling?
Yes — but it is a different preservation method from fermentation, even if the results can look similar.
Read articleNot Everything Should Be Fermented
Fermentation depends on the right food, the right microbes, and a process that keeps things safe.
Read articleWhy Fermentation Changes Flavor
Biotransformation helps explain why microbes do more than just turn sugar into alcohol or acid.
Read articleLearning About Regenerative Agriculture
Happy accident of learning everything I didn't know I needed to know about saving the earth by farming.
Read articleWhatcom This Whey 2026
Notes from visiting Steensma Creamery, Grace Harbor Farms, and Twin Sisters Creamery.
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