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Cricket Bread – Trace Ramsey
What is Cricket Bread?
Bread made from crickets is a survival food in many places, a staple in others and a disgusting concoction in the "civilized" world. The discussion presented here details how I jump in between each of those cultures, destroying certain pieces as needed.
This is also a discussion about starting a farm, the do-it-yourself lifestyle, being an anarchist and how the interactions I engage in promote community, friendship and mutual aid.
I am a small drip of New Blood in the Old Body...
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Author Archives: Trace
Up the bees
A bit of early spring weather has flowers popping up all over the yard. The purple crocuses are moving into their fifth week up and about, while the daffodils are threatening to pop. All over town there are signs of … Continue reading
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Tree planting
Kate and Keith gave us an apple tree that was left over from last year’s workshops. It sat on the porch for a bit, waiting for a nice day for a planting. We also had a few fig trees in … Continue reading
Posted in farthing farm, food sources
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Out with it
2011 came with some pretty high expectations. We were going to build our straw-bale house, expand the garden, think about having a kid. With the implosion of goal number one and the realization that we were becoming outcasts on our … Continue reading
Posted in biographical, farthing farm, food sources
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Lard pie crust
We have a lot of rendered lard in the freezer,and by “a lot” I mean quarts and quarts and quarts of it. I have used the lard a few times in biscuits, but it just doesn’t seem to go away … Continue reading
Posted in food sources, recipes
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The urban wheelbarrow
So here we are here, back to the city, back to the highway noise and police sirens and curbside trash pickup. What do we do now? For starters, how about dig up a piece of the yard for the new … Continue reading
Posted in Durham, food sources, house
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Baby Ginger
Last Winter I went to a ginger growing workshop presented by Debbie Roos from the Chatham County Extension. At the end of the workshop, everyone was handed a paper bag full of ginger seed pieces. After a few months of … Continue reading
Posted in food sources
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Intro to Documentary Studies
For the last nine Saturdays I have attended my second class at the Center for Documentary Studies here in Durham. The class is one of only two required courses in the certificate program. It is titled, appropriately, Introductory Seminar in … Continue reading
Posted in crop mobs, films, photo essays, work, young farmers
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Pepper Fest
Pepper Fest has been a time for me to try out new ideas in photography. Some of my favorite photos have come out of these annual events, so I was glad to once again get an invitation to photograph the … Continue reading
Posted in photo essays
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Urban predation
In almost three years of living in the country with chickens, we had minimal problems with predation. We lost one rooster to a hawk, one turkey to a black snake; that is all I can remember. Contrast that with a … Continue reading
Return of the mulchers
After taking two very hot months off, the Crop Mob has returned to work. While we were resting, watching the drought march on and otherwise getting irritated with the heat, several new crop mob groups began around the country – … Continue reading
Posted in activism, biographical, crop mobs, photo essays
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