As I talked with Michelle Jones about her family’s wheat farm, I craved all the wheat-based recipes and comfort foods. And with the way so many of us are accessing the food system differently, although...
Grounded by the Farm is excited to announce a new team member for the summer. We bet you will notice the contributions of a summer intern will be noticed both here on the website and...
Last week my family had a funny conversation about mushrooms recipes. It immediately brought up the podcast conversation about mushrooms with Scott at J-M Farms. And I realized it was just a year ago that I...
As we have been discussing recently in various episodes and posts, the pandemic that we are all dealing with is causing complications for the food supply. And this week we are seeing grocery stores and...
Tips on a Container Garden — What I Learned by Trying Containers
- May 5, 2020
- Tagged as: gardening, Missouri, vegetables
Interviewing Natasha Nicholes for this week’s episode talking about gardening reminded me about previous years of my container garden. This spring and my need to stay quarantined makes me wonder whether I will get much...
Five Avocado Recipes You Really Need to Check Out
- April 19, 2020
- Tagged as: avocado, fruit, oils, recipes
It seems like avocado recipes were a good way to follow up the tour of an avocado farm and the interview with a farmer sharing tips on how to find the perfect avocado. Not only...
Want to take an avocado farm tour? Sit down and enjoy the ride.
- April 14, 2020
- Tagged as: avocado, california, fruit, oils
Join me as I tour an avocado farm. This video was shot in late October as we looked at young fruit on the tree. Those same avocados are being picked and packed as we publish...
Meeting Beef Cattle Farmer & Veterinarian Marybeth Feutz & Her Family’s Herd
- March 2, 2020
- Tagged as: beef, cattle, indiana, meat, protein, women farmers
Growing up, my dad was a meat and potato kind of guy. Beef was frequently on the table but our mom find a variety of cuts. to help us stay economical on our groceries. In...
The Basics of Hay — Some of the Things I Have Learned from Farmers
- March 2, 2020
- Tagged as: hay, livestock
Not going to lie, I have to say that I always thought hay was just tall grass. Not sure when I realized that there were different types of hay but I do remember I was...
I’m accustomed to seeing mushrooms on pizzas, in pasta sauces, even in my yard when the rain won’t stop. But for some reason, I hadn’t ever really thought about what a mushroom farm would be...
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