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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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Category Archives: food sources
Industrial carrots and Uncle Television
Last week Kristin and I traveled back to my hometown near Buffalo, NY for Christmas. My brother, his wife Kristen and nine month old Charlie (my first nephew) also made the trip from Fort St. John, British Columbia. Traveling back … Continue reading
Posted in biographical, food sources
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The next one-hundred miles
When I left Wilmington, I generated a new version of the 100 mile diet circle. Gone is the vast expanse of salt water; in is a nice chunk of rural Virginia and a bit of country in South Carolina. Many … Continue reading
Posted in 100 mile diet, food sources, foodshed
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Sweet potato Crop Mob
The number of landless and itinerant young farmers, working alone or with a few other people, is a pretty large demographic in my world. What is sometimes missing is not only land ownership but the sense of community that can … Continue reading
Posted in activism, crop mobs, food sources
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CFSA Farm Tour – Edible Earthscape
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association now runs two farm tours per year, one in the Spring and another in the Fall. The Spring tour has been going on for quite some time, but the Fall tour is in its infancy, this … Continue reading
Posted in farm tours, food sources, foodshed, permaculture
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Fall CSA Signup
Last year I signed up for the Fall CSA from Robb Prichard at Oakley Laurel Farm. She is doing the Fall CSA again this year and is looking for folks to sign up for the subscription. Here is her announcement: … Continue reading
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Eat Carolina Food Challenge day two
This post is part of the week long Eat Carolina Food Challenge where participants are asked to submit a blog post every day of the challenge. Posts from all the other participants are aggregated on the Carolina Farm Stewardship website. … Continue reading
Posted in 100 mile diet, biographical, food sources
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CFSA Farm Tour – Perry-winkle Farm
Our last stop on the CFSA Farm Tour was Perry-winkle Farm in Chapel Hill, NC. Cathy Jones and Mike Perry farm roughly three and a half acres of intense vegetable and flower production. They also have chickens for eggs and … Continue reading
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Mulberries, creatures and trash
Yesterday we got the bug to clean up our room and get rid of some of the piles of papers and such that had collected over the last few months. I am pretty big on creating piles of crap – … Continue reading
Posted in exploring, food sources, foraging, scavenging
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CFSA Farm Tour – Eco Farm
Our second stop on the farm tour was Eco Farm, a small diverse operation in Orange County, NC. Eco is run by Cindy and John Soehner and has been in operation since 1995. John proclaimed that the large … Continue reading
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CFSA Farm Tour – Braeburn/Cane Creek Farm
Our first stop on the CFSA Farm Tour was Wells Branch Farm in Alamance County. Wells Branch is a combination of Braeburn Farm and Cane Creek Farm. The farm consists of roughly 500 acres built up over time with the … Continue reading
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