Simple Farmhouse Life 123. Seasonal Eating: Spring Edition | Erin Worrall of The Cedar Chest Farm
With the first official day of spring right around the corner, I am getting so excited to welcome spring into my kitchen. There is nothing like cutting fresh herbs from my garden, gathering eggs from my hens, collecting milk from my cow. In today’s episode, Erin and I discuss the many ways that seasonal eating can be accessible to all of us. Whether or not you have a garden or farm animals of your own, you can find ways to eat seasonally and source your food locally. With all of our modern conveniences, we don’t have to eat seasonally, but Erin and I make a case for why you might want to consider eating this way. There is so much beauty to be found in living in rhythm with the seasons.
In this episode, we cover:
- Starting a spring garden
- Why it matters to eat seasonally
- What changes we make in our kitchens in the spring
- Farm animals’ production in spring
- How to approach meal planning when eating seasonally
- Incorporating bread baking into your daily routine
- Sourdough troubleshooting
- Living a homesteading lifestyle even if you don’t live on a homestead
- Where to start sourcing local, seasonal food
- Preserving and storing seasonal food
GUEST BIOGRAPHY
Erin is the head farmer and resident mom to all manner of living things at The Cedar Chest Farm! Together with her family, she tends their farmstead in Southwest Virginia, aiming to educate and empower homegrown-minded folks in their journey towards self-sustenance. Whether you’re living in town and supporting local growers, or seeking to raise your own food and resources more rurally, Erin is excited to partner with you in treasuring old ways, delighting in good food, and stewarding the good world around us.
RESOURCES
Dishing Up the Dirt by Andrea Bemis
Andrea Bemis’s Local Thirty Documentary
Feeding a Family by Sarah Waldman
Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest by Lauren McDuffie
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