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Homesteading values

26th

March

While this is the adult programs newsletter, I have to tell you about a new kids summer camp I'm excited very for, Little House in the Big Valley. No matter how old we are, Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic books strike a spark in us all. At this camp kids will make candles, preserves, simple cheese, churn their own ice cream and live from a time of slower days and handmade sustenance. Today, we really do see people slowing…

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Slowing down our food

5th

March

Many of our great grandparents had gardens: fig trees, chestnuts and fresh vegetables. They ate local dairy and meat: raw milk delivered to their door with rabbits in backyard hutches and cows in the field down 39th street. Times are different, or are they? I bet we all can name one friend or neighbor that has chickens in their Portland backyard.…

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