Joshua Tree Earthen Oven Class With Kurt Gardella

...ocation: The class will be conducted just outside Joshua Tree, California. Coffee and nibbles will be provided at the beginning of the day; lunch is included. Registration: Three day and Saturday/Sunday registrations completed before February 8th will be discounted. Groups of three or more are eligible for a 25% discount – please contact us for group registrations. Registration ends March 1st. Click here to register Questions? Please do not hesita...

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Root Simple at Nature Fest March 18 and 19

Hey Angelinos, Root Simple will be doing a coffee roasting demo at 1:00 pm at the Natural History Museum’s Nature Fest on March 18 and 19. We also have a booth and you’re welcome to come hang out during the event. I’ll be selling some of our lesser known publications at a steep discount as well as answering random homesteading questions. We’d love to meet you in person! The Natural History Museum is one of my favorite places in LA. The event will...

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Saturday Tweets: A Big Excuse to Post Cats with Mustaches

...weatshop https://t.co/svVoG5rTSm — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 27, 2018 Coffee lids: new book on the elegant design of a modern scourge https://t.co/VPvtWrFYwj — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 25, 2018 There has been a 90% decline in the Monarch #butterfly population in the last 20 years, but you can help save them!https://t.co/SFh3AN9IBQ — Theresa Loe (@TheresaLoe) July 27, 2018 Are you saving fresh summer herbs? If not, you should- and here’s...

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Saturday Tweets: Passover/Holy Saturday Edition

...n families‘ Seder tables include a Haggadah made by Maxwell House—yes, the coffee company. This is so interesting! https://t.co/0q9vMAR1de — Laura J. Nelson (@laura_nelson) March 31, 2018 The Balls pic.twitter.com/b9InqHr0A4 — Evan Kleiman (@evankleiman) March 31, 2018 "I kissed silver birches and held long conversations with hawthorn trees, until we reached a philosophical impasse and parted ways…." from NETTLE-EATER, out with @thehedgepress. Onl...

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I Ate 100 Power Bars

...n. Patagonia is selling food. Crossfit bros love butter and coconut filled coffee and flavored beef jerky. Bicycles are being used as a symbol of hipness in convention booth displays. “Regenerative agriculture” has been appropriated as the latest buzz-phrase by large food companies. Every natural food product is labeled either “pro-biotic” or “pre-biotic.” If one could distill all those booths down to one item you’d end up with a pro-biotic turmer...

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