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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
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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Enough of that crap; let’s make biscuits
One of the best things about moving to Durham has been living in a house with an awesome stove. It is a 1950s era General Electric push button electric with a double oven. I had never even seen a double … Continue reading
Posted in food sources, house, recipes
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Outline
I have received quite a bit of feedback regarding the last post, both online and offline. It seems to have resonated with folks who understand that relationships do fail – often painfully and publicly – but their failure is not … Continue reading
Posted in biographical
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About my disappearance
By now, if you are local, you know that Kristin and I left Circle Acres. The reasons are deep and involve many differences in ideology, communication styles and lifestyle choices. My sobriety factors very heavily in this move as does … Continue reading
Posted in biographical, circle acres
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Garlic Harvest
Early last November, Kristin and I planted out four rows of garlic. Each row was one hundred feet long. Each clove was six inches apart on eight inch rows. For reference and arithmetic, that works out to about six pounds … Continue reading
Posted in circle acres, food preservation, food sources
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Sour Cherries
The sour cherries are in various stages of ripening, but no matter what color they are they are a bit too sour for me to eat too many at a time. Most of the very ripe (and tastiest) will … Continue reading
Posted in food sources, foodshed, foraging, photo essays
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Vote 553
I have several images up in a show at Rochester Contemporary Art Center in Rochester, NY. They have a prize for the top vote-getter in an online poll. Folks can vote once per day per email address for the piece … Continue reading
Posted in biographical
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Garlic and ginger
Taking care of our 100 foot row of garlic has been of the utmost importance for Kristin and I. Garlic – good garlic – is a needed treasure in our lives. Grocery store garlic is for the birds so to … Continue reading
Posted in 100 mile diet, circle acres, food sources
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