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Wardeh Harmon, author of the GNOWFGLINS blog, is launching a brand new eCourse to teach how to cook traditional foods. Wardeh, who lives in the Pacific Northwest on a small family farm/homestead, is using revolutionary “new media” tools to teach people about how to prepare real food.
Using video and audio and blog posts, (as [...]

Right after I got my copy of Sally Fallon Morell’s Nourishing Traditions cookbook, my first two purchases were a bunch of starter cultures (kombucha scoby, sourdough starter, yogurt starter, kefir grains) and an Excalibur dehydrator. Little did I know the dehdyrator would be one of the best investments I ever made on my journey of cooking traditional food.

Last Thursday Real Food Media bloggers attended the soy prison press conference in Chicago. According to a press release issued by the Weston A. Price Foundation:

Citing serious health conditions due to high levels of soy, inmates in the Illinois prison system are suing for a permanent injunction against the substitution of soy for meat in prison meals.

Today’s the last day of the Weston A. Price Foundation 2009 Conference. It has been AWESOME! I’ve met so many wonderful people — farmers and foodies and activist heroes and geniuses. I got a million lovely hugs, and sampled the most fabulous food. At the end of this amazing weekend, I am moved and completely [...]

I don’t know about you but I often feel like I am too busy to read. Being a mom and running a business keeps me pretty occupied 24/7. One of the ways I squeeze a little education into my day is to listen to audiobooks, mp3s and podcasts.
What I love about learning this way [...]

Why go to the trouble of making homemade granola? In Sally Fallon-Morell’s book, Nourishing Traditions, she explains that whole grains that are not soaked, sprouted or fermented are full of phytic acid, which impairs mineral absorption (not good for building strong teeth and bones). In addition, cereals are made with extruded grains which some say [...]

If you read my blog with any regularity, you know I’m a big fan of lard and tallow. I use them for pie crusts, making chicken nuggets and fried chicken, onion rings and French fries, and plan to try my hand at doughnuts and potato chips. Oh, and let’s not forget about buttermilk biscuits… [...]

I love podcasts! I like to listen on my computer while I’m working — or download them onto my iPod and listen while I’m driving or cooking or working out at the gym.
I also love Sally Fallon Morell. Author of Nourishing Traditions and Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fats (co-authored [...]

I want to share with you a letter Sally Fallon Morell wrote to President Obama (then President-Elect Obama) regarding the diet inmates in the Illinois prison system are being fed, made up largely of soy foods, and the widespread health problems these prisoners are experiencing from eating this soy diet.

Mothers are always looking for healthy lunch ideas. So I thought I’d share some kids lunch ideas with you. It’s hard enough to come up with healthy recipes for kids — much less recipes for portable meals that can go in a lunch box or lunch sack. Plus, most toddlers are picky eaters. You want to pack something they will actually eat — not leave sitting there while they fill up on other kids’ Doritos and Oreos. Here are a few tips on how to pack lunches for kids, with a list of ideas for healthy lunch ideas and lunch menus.