Food and Self Sufficiency Blog
Learn new skills and techniques to decrease your food budget, eat a healthier diet, and increase your personal level of self sufficiency.
Topics include raising your own food, preserving food for long term storage and use, collecting foods from the wild, and processing raw foods into other things - like making grapes into wine.
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New items are added every week! See below for the latest topics.
Feb 2, 2012
Making Salsa
Making salsa from home grown ingredients, and how to preserve it for year-round enjoyment. Another use for your surplus tomatoes
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Jan 28, 2012
Raising Chickens for Eggs and Meat
Raising chickens for your own eggs and meat. Basic information to get started right.
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Dec 21, 2011
Making Sauerkraut
Making Sauerkraut at home or, what to do with a bumper crop of cabbage. Easy instructions for making and canning sauerkraut that anyone can follow.
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Nov 12, 2011
TASTE Specialty Foods
www.tastefoods.com Spices, Seasonings & Blends - Core & Specialty Grocery - Nuts, Rice, Beans, Flours, Dry Fruits, Figs, Lentils, Dry Mushrooms, Seeds
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Oct 22, 2011
Freezing Fish and Seafood
Freezing fish and seafood - the best techniques & methods for keeping frozen fish tasting fresh.
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Sep 6, 2011
Country Life Natural Foods
Country Life Natural Foods is a bulk foods co-op that delivers to many states and many locations in each state. You can get bulk things or smaller packages.
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Jul 24, 2011
Pat's Bulk Foods - Versailles, Indiana
Pat's Bulk Food Store is located in the burg of Correct, Indiana. The store is located 4 1/2 miles south of Versailles, Indiana on US highway 421. They
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Jul 23, 2011
Trading Surplus Produce
trading surplus produce from your garden with other local gardeners
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Jul 13, 2011
Walton Feed
Located in Montpelier, ID, although they have a catalog for mail order. It's basically the ultimate bulk foods store. Here's a link to their website:
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Jun 21, 2011
Musgrave's Orchard, Bloomington, Indiana
I buy apples by the bushel from them--local apples, local business, fair price, and NICE family--what more could you ask?! Here's some additional info
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