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Drew Holman from Back to the Mother on Living Foods – Epi-3049

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Drew joins us to talk about the power of living foods and how his group developed a worker owned cooperative to build a business around living foods. They have many sustainable practices that can be scaled and in their view, should be required by business, especially at larger scales. There is so much opportunity to manage our waste streams more mindfully and lower our carbon footprint as individuals as well as business organizations.  We discuss all of that and more today. Join Us Today to Discuss… How Drew was introduced to living foods What makes living food so beneficial to … Continue reading →

Considerations of Fermentations – Episode 2941

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As soon as I say fermentation most jump to making alcohol.  And yes that is one kind but we are going to do a mile high view of many types of fermentation today. Man has been using fermentation for longer than he has even really known what it is.  From the first honey in water in a sack made of leather to kick off into mead, to the first flour and water to rise on its own, to the first salted vegetables to sweat out and become sour and crispy, man used this process without understanding it. It in fact … Continue reading →

Episode-930- Lacto Fermentation and Other Ways to Use Excess Production

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Likely if you garden (or even just hit the Farmer’s Market or get stuff from your gardening neighbors) you are either in peak production or soon will be.  Often the stuff we love the most comes in with such abundance that we can’t possibly keep up with it. Sometimes this is just great as part of why most of us grow our own food is to create long term storage so out comes the canning gear and dehydrator, or the steamer and blanch and freeze is the name of the game.  Yet sometimes we don’t have quite enough to warrant … Continue reading →