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8 Reasons to Become a Yardfarmer

Apart from raising awareness about some of the important issues and challenges we face, Yardfarmers is about converting unsustainable suburban developments, urban food deserts, or other neglected land into sustainable, more resilient opportunities for people while building community.

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8 Staple Root Crops You Can Hide In Plain Sight

If there was ever a time to move beyond the potato, this is it.

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Are You Ready Series: Best Practices For Long Term Food Storage

Food is an investment into your future and your family’s livelihood. Therefore, you must do all that you can to protect that investment for the long term. Using the multi-barrier system will ensure that the food is stored in optimal conditions and that the contents inside are protected.

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Bread Making With Homemade Yeast

Bread formed a large part of our diet in the old days, and it was always available, more so in winter when food was scarcer and bellies needed to be filled.

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Build a Pantry for Pennies: 5 Frugal Shopping Strategies

A pantry is a work in progress, and a whole new type of personal economy. You can save a fortune on your food budget by shopping carefully and in quantity.

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Canning Bone Broth

Canning can be done without electricity, and is a great way to preserve foods to be stored long term without the need for refrigeration.

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Cocoa: The 11th C of Survivability

Leaving this viral elixir home, my friend, would be a costly survival mistake!

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DIY: Grow a Week’s Worth of Livestock Feed For Pennies!

Creating your own fodder system is an economic solution to ensuring your livestock receives a well-rounded diet. This nutrient-dense diet will keep your animals healthier and happier in the process, thus reducing vet bills. Keep these tips in mind and create an ever-growing fodder system for your livestock.

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Edible Flowers: 42 Varieties to Add to Your Garden

When you are planning your garden, consider adding flowers that serve a purpose of not only assisting in pollination, but can be also be used in dishes. This will help you make most of the limited garden space, not to mention adding fragrant and visually striking appeal to your dishes.

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Emergency Survival Food Sales Soar as We Get Closer to Election Day

There’s no good reason to pass up the opportunity to prepare.

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Extending Your Growing Season in Winter: Can Your Garden Survive the Cold?

If you live in cold weather regions, extending your growing season with hoop houses and cold frames could save your crop and even your life, if it means the difference in whether or not your family has enough food to eat.

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Familiarize Yourself with the Frightening Symptoms of Starvation

We prep specifically so that we’ll never experience hunger, and unfortunately, that means that many of us don’t prepare ourselves for being hungry.

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