Homegrown & Handmade

by Niemann, Deborah

• ISBN13: 9780865717022
• ISBN10: 0865717028
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-25
• Publisher: New Society Pub

Summary

Our food system is dominated by industrial agriculture, and has become economically and environmentally unsustainable. The incidence of diet-related diseases including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and heart disease has skyrocketed to unprecedented levels. Whether you have 40 acres and a mule or a condo with a balcony, you can do more than you think to safeguard your health, your money and the planet. This book shows how making things from scratch and growing at least some of your own food can help you eliminate artificial ingredients from your diet, reduce your carbon footprint, and create a more authentic life. Whether your goal is increasing your self-reliance or becoming a full-fledged homesteader, it is packed with answers and solutions to help you: Take control of your food supply from seed to plate; Raise small and medium livestock for fun, food and fibre; Rediscover traditional skills to meet more of your family's needs than you ever thought possible. This comprehensive guide to food and fibre from scratch proves that attitude and knowledge is more important than acreage. Written from the perspective of a successful, self-taught modern homesteader, this well-illustrated, practical and accessible manual will appeal to anyone who dreams of a simpler life.