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Learn how to nixtamalize corn, nixtamalization history, and why this process creates more nutrition for us to absorb. In fall of 2023, when Marissa Ames, former editor-in-chief of MOTHER EARTH NEWS, ...

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Learn how to make yucca shampoo right at home. Used extensively by native peoples, there are many yucca soap benefits including helping dandruff and hydrating your skin. The various species of yucca — ...

Learn how to build a biogas digester using intermediate bulk containers (IBC) for home use is easy and often can be built within an hour once you’ve assembled the tools and materials. Biogas digester ...

Check on the health of your herd daily, especially since yaks tend to hide signs of illness. What is yak meat? Is there a market for yak cheese and yak fiber? Read all you need to know about raising ...

Learn how to make sandals at home. Expand your handmade clothing skills and walk in comfort by learning to make sandals using leather fitted to your feet. This is a casual and unfussy sandal that’s ...

It’s the middle of summer. Still, the barn in which the sheep spend winter needs to be raked out. Three piglets used the space before they were put into the hayfield. Nothing much is different about ...

Black-eyed pea soup with corn bread. I’d never had smoked pork jowl until I’d ordered what I thought was pork hocks from Third Way Farm, a local Maryland farm, and got jowl instead. I didn’t realize ...