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Making Mead: A Celebration of Our Unified Past
Mead: in the western world, the very word conjures images of warriors…
Turkey Day… or Should It Be “Corn Day”?
I admit, I am very pro-Thanksgiving. What's not to like about Turkey…
The Farmer, Civilization, and Liberty
Civilization began with farming. Artisans, traders, philosophers, and scientists and the historians…
Willa Cather: My Ántonia and the Settlement of the Great Plains
"There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the…
Living to Tell the Homesteading Tale
Life is full of surprises, and few people would have known that…
Hooch and Hell Raisin’: Women Bootleggers
Women bootleggers put men to shame in the days of Prohibition. Women…
Right On, Sister! The Feminization of Farming in North America
There has always been a female face to agriculture: the tough homesteader…
