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WAPF Gathering on Salatin’s Farm

by Kimberly Hartke | Nov 16, 2020 | Local Food

The T-Shirts Tell the Tale Yesterday, the Weston A. Price Foundation sponsored a gathering hosted by Joel Salatin on his Virginia Farm. Here are my photos and observations about the event. Holistic Hilda, whose Wise Traditions podcast is now over 4 million downloads,...

Cannabis CBD FDA Hearing

by Kimberly Hartke | Jun 3, 2019 | Local Food

Drug Prevention Advocates Testified to FDA about Cannabis Dangers It’s Best to Ignore This Health Trend “The FDA must act quickly.” “Consumers need to be able to trust what they are buying.” “The cannabis market is the Wild Wild West.” These were common refrains...

5 Amazing Reasons to Embrace Copper-Infused Bedding Products

by Kimberly Hartke | Oct 8, 2018 | Local Food

Introducing Copper Defence by Guest Blogger, Kunal Patel Copper is an essential micronutrient that offers myriad health benefits — one of them being effectively fighting germs and bacteria, thus protecting your health. By using copper bedding like bedsheets,...

Taste of Small Farm America Goes to Capitol Hill

by Kimberly Hartke | Oct 4, 2018 | Local Food

Washington, DC Advocacy Day Closes with Farm Fresh Fete On September 26, 2018 consumers, chefs and farmers, met with legislators and their staff to ask for passage of the PRIME Act, (Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption) Act (H.R. 2657) (S.1232) and to ask...

Rocket Oven is Taking Off!

by Kimberly Hartke | Jul 24, 2018 | Local Food

The HOMESTEADERS DREAM Oven Please Share this Post! Kickstarter ends in two days! Some of you may remember my post about the rocket mass heater inspired by Permaculture tribe leader, Paul Wheaton. It is a clean energy masterpiece of engineering and something...

Grassfed on the Hill Buying Club Brings Farmers and Consumers Together

by Kimberly Hartke | Feb 6, 2017 | Local Food

Maryland Mom Brings Farm Fresh Foods to DC and Maryland Tables Know your Farmer is a marketing campaign of the USDA. One local mom was ahead of the curve on this, and formed a farm buying club to bring together city dwellers and suburbanites with farmers in the rural...