Farmhouse Kitchen Recipe: Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Donuts
My husband Lorenzo and I started our farm journey once he retired from the US Army after twenty-eight years of service. Our passion for simple country living, cooking, baking, gardening, and taking care of animals is something we wanted to instill in our daughters. We are blessed to be able to run Hidden Gems Farm…
Featured Farm: Hidden Gems Farm
How long have you been practicing the timeless tradition of growing food and raising animals? My parents come from farming backgrounds, but I am a city girl born and raised. Lorenzo on the other hand grew up on a hog farm in Mississippi. He learned a lot about farming as he was growing up, but once he enlisted at the age of 17 the farming life was behind…
Farmhouse Kitchen Recipe: Cape Cod Select’s Cranberry Chutney
Cape Cod Select is a woman-owned premium cranberry and fruit company based in Carver, Massachusetts. We had always wondered why you couldn’t find whole frozen cranberries year-round like you could mango, dragon fruit, and other out of season fruits. Knocking on grocery retailers’ doors and sharing our passion for whole healthy cranberries to all who…
Featured Farm: Cape Cod Select
How long have you been practicing the traditional art of growing cranberries and making cranberry products? Cranberries have been in our family for over 80 years! Our farm, Edgewood Bogs, started in the early 1940’s in SouthEastern Massachusetts, known as “Cranberry Country”. Cape Cod Select was formed in 2009 by Cindy Rhodes to bring whole…
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Farm Pilgrimage
A Modern Day Journey Back To Our Agrarian Roots
December: The Deep South Cookbook Contributors
Click HERE to read more about each farm stop in The Farmgirl Monthly!
We welcome you to be our guest as we virtually farm hop, embarking on a monthly journey to rediscover our agrarian roots. Adventure is abound when seeking homegrown skills that nurture self-reliance and true grit. Presently, there is a newfound interest in an old-fashioned lifestyle. A life much less focused on material things and increasingly more about growing nutritious food, functional crafts and a thriving home life. In elevating the farm to sacred, we propose to be your guides as we pass along generational knowledge and time-honored traditional skills from farms the world over. Farms that are like living history museums of preserved cultural wonder.
We are most familiar with holy places such as temples, churches and cathedrals, but who isn’t equally awestruck with the natural world and its ancient trees, rivers and sacred stones? A farmer is immersed in the natural world and notices its miracles daily. Miracles of soil regeneration, seeds sprouting and the births of newborn animals. Weather patterns, annual migrations, and life cycles are all a part of a farmer’s relationship with Mother Nature. As a modern-day Farm Pilgrim there are many opportunities to take notice of the marvels a farm presents.
Are you ready to be a Farm Pilgrim? No need to book accommodations, secure the typical transport of plane, train or automobile, or check itineraries. This journey starts in your heart with a willingness to learn new things and make long-term sustainable changes. We encourage you to “rest and stay awhile” when visiting each farm stop. This is a pilgrimage of both purpose & project with many discoveries and delights along the way. Each destination affords a reprieve from modern life and an opportunity to absorb ancient ways of living. The point of this pilgrimage is to ask the questions and obtain the answers your soul has been seeking. Questions like “How do I create a life for my family that is life-sustaining?” or “How far am I willing do go in order to carry out my dream of self-reliance?”
To begin, you will notice multiple “farm stops” along a pre-determined route. When you click on any destination, it will light up and prompt you to click through to that farmer or retailer’s website. When arriving you can peruse their offerings for purchase and/or obtain helpful information in order to grow your farm and garden knowledge base. Each contributor along the route is highlighted in our monthly newsletter, The Farmgirl Monthly (Sign up today!). This small publication holds a wealth of information starting with a Featured Farm Craft, Farm Crafts for sale, Farm Tradition articles, a Farmhouse Kitchen Recipe and Farm Extras. Please follow along as we introduce our beloved contributors one-by-one on all our social media channels. You will surely be inspired and come away feeling a connection to the farm like never before, along with new found abilities to elevate your own life to sacred. We hand you a passport to virtually travel with us and become pilgrims of change!!
“We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.”
-Wendell Berry
“Preservation Highway”—Fruit Loop Edition.
Sponsored by: Ball Canning
Our inaugural Pie-Way Tour was EPIC! Baking pies out of our 1959 Vintage Oasis trailer and gathering farm traditions as we visited the cranberry bogs of the Oregon Coast, fruit orchards of the Columbia River Gorge, grain fields of the Palouse, and ranches in the Wallowa’s. The next road trip starts in the Spring of 2019 taking us along the Pacific Coast of Oregon and California all the way to Big Sur! Be sure to sign up for our newsletter and follow us on social media for our pie-making extravaganza. Thank you for your support!
“Shepherd’s Grain is excited that FarmMade is using Shepherd’s Grain pastry flour in their beautiful yummy pies. It is nice to work with Patti and her daughter who are all about showcasing farmers skills and their traditions through sharing their recipes. Their mission matches Shepherd’s Grain in wanting to support the family farmers.” – Shepherd’s Grain Flour
