Mother Earth News December 2023/January 2024

Mother Earth News December 2023/January 2024

Mother Earth News December 2023/January 2024 Table of Contents

Digital Content

Healing the Farmer 7-Video Course
Small farmers build soil and community in two days of seminars at the Fuller Field School.

How to Make Burrata & Mozzarella at Home Video
Learn how to make burrata and mozzarella from scratch, with considerations for the beginner cheesemaker.

Ask a Vet: Parasites in Your Animals Video
Learn about deworming pregnant and postpartum goats, holistic deworming alternatives, and more!

Pasta from Scratch Video
Transform water, flour, and eggs into delicious homemade pasta.

Grow Food, Save Money
Reduce your grocery bill by learning to grow your own produce.

Warm, Buttery English Muffins
Bake up a batch of this simple breakfast toast.

Chemical Drift
Chemicals can affect us, even if we’re not the ones using them.

Bird-Feeding and You
Make this nature-friendly pastime safer for you and your feathered neighbors.

Magnificent Monarch Migration
Help these butterflies as they make their yearly journey south.

The Original World Wide Web
Science begins to understand soil-dwelling microbes.

Have a Happy Waste-Free Holiday
Before you deck the halls, check out ways to reduce your environmental footprint.

News from Mother
Reduce, Reuse, or Recycle?

Green Gazette
Updates on schoolyard composting in Hawai’i, evaluating the fate of e-waste, planting trees in cities, restoring forests, and clean environments for Montana youth.

Dear Mother
Reader letters of inspiration, community, and more.

Firsthand Reports: Retirement Homestead
A homesteader spends his golden years working the land and making art on a remote plot.

Mother-Tested: Pasta from Scratch
Explore creativity in the kitchen with homemade artisan pasta.

How to Raise Channel Catfish
Starting your catfish stock is easy.

Gone Off-Grid
Hoss Boyd and Kerena Reese answer questions about energy systems.

Country Lore
Reader tips on making mayonnaise, tamanu oil, DIY fire starters, growing sorghum, upcycling lamps for plants, “harvesting” hair for donation, and more.

Ask Our Experts
Expert advice on cooperative co-housing communities, attractive edible landscaping, and making homemade yeast.

Photos from the Field
Reader-submitted photos.

Mother Earth News April/May 2026 Image

Mother Earth News April/May 2026

News from MOTHER Backyard Groceries Dear MOTHER Reader letters of inspiration, community, and more. Green Gazette Updates on transitions from coal to geothermal, a retracted Roundup study, legal rights of bees, community food pantry initiatives, and more. Firsthand Reports Experiment with modern landrace gardening. A Fruitful Calendar Cultivate an edible landscape and enjoy fresh fruit […]
Mother Earth News February/March 2026 Image

Mother Earth News February/March 2026

News from Mother “I knew we could do something.” Dear Mother Reader letters of inspiration, community, and more. Green Gazette Updates on food gleaning, genetically modified tomatoes, community biochar initiatives, and more. Firsthand Reports Clear the clutter with Swedish death cleaning. Beginner-Friendly Heritage Breeds Choose a chicken, discover a duck, get a gaggle of geese, […]
Mother Earth News December 2025/January 2026 Image

Mother Earth News December 2025/January 2026

Mother Earth News December 2025/January 2026 News from Mother Enliven the land. Dear Mother Reader letters of inspiration, community, and more. Green Gazette Updates on community seed networks, backyard prairie initiatives, in-ovo chick sexing, and more. Firsthand Reports Off-grid through the seasons. Heritage Breeds for Beginners Pick a pig, get a goat, decide on a […]
Mother Earth News October/November 2025 Image

Mother Earth News October/November 2025

Mother Earth News October/November 2025 Saved by the Sludge? Biosolids could fertilize crops if we can safely manage PFAS and get over the “ick factor,” but is it too risky? Sweet Self-Sufficiency with Sorghum Make homemade syrup with this historic plant. Full Steam Ahead Tap into the self-sufficiency of pressure canning. Problematic Pigs Smart solutions […]