I get that eating healthy can be expensive. When people ask me how I afford it, the first thing I say is that it’s important to reframe your thinking. Food isn’t just fuel; it can either improve or damage your health. It’s true that 100 calories of Twinkies are less expensive than 100 calories of grass-fed beef, but what else are you getting when you buy those Twinkies? The harmful effects of our industrial food system on our health (and on the ...Read More
sustainability
Top Gifts for Folks Who Want to Grow Their Own Food
The holidays are just around the corner. My book, The Homegrown Paleo Cookbook, which is a full homesteading guide in addition to a cookbook, won't be out until March, 2015 (but is available for pre-order now). However, I'd love to share with you some of my favorite resources for the beginner homesteader. In addition to this list, don't forget to check out my podcast, The Modern Farmgirls, which I co-host with my friend, Liz ...Read More
All New! Podcast Episode 1: Meet Liz and Diana
Welcome to Modern Farm Girls: Real Food Radicals Bringing Backwoods Back. This is the place to be for farm talk, homesteading adventures and all thing self-sufficient and sustainable. Liz Wolfe, author of Eat the Yolks and I wanted to start this show so that we could share pieces of our farm life with you. Liz lives on a small hobby farmstead in Missouri that helps keep her hands dirty and her family fed. I live at Clark Organic Farm in ...Read More
Chef Dan Barber’s Interview in WSJ Magazine
I recently read an article in Wall Street Journal Magazine (July/Aug 2012 issue) about Dan Barber, the head chef at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, NY. I have to say as a farmer and sustainable meat eater, I was impressed with how well Dan seems to "get it". A few years ago, I had the pleasure of eating at Stone Barns and although it's very expensive, it was delicious and a fun, different dining experience. Instead ...Read More
