Dear MOTHER: February/March 2011

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This lasagna is a delightful dish for a family dinner or fall potluck.
This lasagna is a delightful dish for a family dinner or fall potluck.
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From a first-aid kit and wool blankets to a battery-operated radio and refills on prescription medications, there are several items you should keep on hand to keep your family safe in a short-term emergency.
From a first-aid kit and wool blankets to a battery-operated radio and refills on prescription medications, there are several items you should keep on hand to keep your family safe in a short-term emergency.
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You don’t have to break the bank in order to plan a thoughtful funeral. You may want to consider building or commissioning a simple, handmade coffin.
You don’t have to break the bank in order to plan a thoughtful funeral. You may want to consider building or commissioning a simple, handmade coffin.
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Pasture-based diets are good for cattle and for the land.
Pasture-based diets are good for cattle and for the land.
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Living fences, such as this mature Osage orange fence, have no problem holding large livestock.
Living fences, such as this mature Osage orange fence, have no problem holding large livestock.
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Apply caulk around windows to keep air from leaking into or out of your home.
Apply caulk around windows to keep air from leaking into or out of your home.
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Jerusalem artichoke flour can be added to baked goods for nutrition and taste.
Jerusalem artichoke flour can be added to baked goods for nutrition and taste.
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Green tomatoes are great in salsa and can be ripened in a paper bag.
Green tomatoes are great in salsa and can be ripened in a paper bag.

With every issue of MOTHER EARTH NEWS, our goal is to create a magazine loaded with useful projects, ideas and advice to help you live a more self-reliant, sustainable life. Your feedback, via letters and online comments, is invaluable. Concerns about food quality and safety seem to have increased over the past year or so, and you folks have offered compliments on recipes we’ve published in recent issues, especially those in Cozy and Comfy Fall Recipes. We’ve decided to expand our coverage with a new department, Real Food, which debuts in this issue. We invite you to submit your best recipes, cooking tips and regional and seasonal favorites for possible inclusion in future issues. And, if you haven’t already, sign up for our free, biweekly Food & Gardening e-newsletter.

Learning About Sustainability

I’m a single mother raising three kids. My amazing father paid off my 10 acres of land, which has put me in a great position to stay home with my kids while getting my farm off the ground. I love your articles and read each issue cover to cover when it arrives. I’m a city kid, so I’m learning from the ground up. At this point, I’m selling starter plants and veggies at local farmers markets. I’m hoping to put a commercial kitchen in and get my milking barn up to a grade-A dairy to sell fresh goat cheese. I’m trying to do all this without borrowing money, so it’s one step at a time — each step paying for the next. Your magazine has taught me so much. Thank you.

Sally Upton
Red Bluff, California


  • Published on Jan 17, 2011
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