It is always a bit of a shock when someone asks me if something — apples, pigs, turkeys, you-name-it — can be grown organically. I’ve heard the questions so many times over the years that it really should not be … Read More
After growing all of your wonderful meat and vegetables, you don’t want to make it unhealthy by using the wrong kind of cooking oil. It wasn’t that long ago that they were telling us that all fats were the enemy, … Read More
Many people are concerned about genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in our food supply, and most people want GMO foods labeled. You’ve been unknowingly eating GMOs since the 1990s when the first genetically-modified tomato hit supermarkets. Today, about 90 percent of the … Read More
Thrifty Homesteader was created in 2012 after the publication of my second book, Ecothrifty. The name was coined by one of my followers because I said that I didn’t want anyone to think that they had to be rich to homestead or live a greener life....
