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Eat Your Greens! Here Are 10 Reasons Why

There are many great reasons for eating more leafy greensIn our house we love leafy greens so much that we grow microgreens year-round in our kitchen, as well as many types of leafy greens in our outdoor gardens in the summer. They are delicious additions to sandwiches, salads noodle bowls and all kinds of meals. We all know we should eat more greens but …

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6 Delicious Weeds that You Can Eat

Delicious edible weeds can be found in your yardThe availability of nutritionally-dense food that is free from the clutches of corporate agriculture companies like Bayer AG and Monsanto is a growing concern to many people. And, while food security is indeed something to take seriously, few people are aware of their own already-available food grow…

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7 Medicinal Weeds Growing In Your Yard

We need to become more self-reliant in our use of natural medicines. That’s why I’ve started FoodHouseProject.com. Be sure to check out more of the content on the site. To help get you started, here are some of my favorite wild medicines growing in most peoples’ yards or gardens:

Chickweed:

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Urban Cultivator Makes Microgreen Growing Easy

The 130 year-old house Michelle and I bought does not have a proper kitchen. Previously transformed into an office and subsequently neglected by the former owner, the house has a small kitchenette with about a foot of counter space in what we are now using as a new laundry room (the house didn’t hav…

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Root Causes: The Link Between Degenerative Agriculture, Public Health and Climate Change

In case you missed it in January, I encourage you to check out the study released by the Lancet Commission on Obesity earlier this year.  It clearly and concisely documents the link between global crises that many people, particularly policy makers, don’t understand or don’t wish to acknowledge.…

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Recipe for Great Health: Grow and Forage Your Own Food

Beautiful young woman in denim shirt harvesting pumpkinsThe Food House Project is all about empowering yourself through food self-sufficiency and food independence.  On the most elemental level, it means taking great care of your health.  My husband Curtis and I started this adventure many years ago, trying to become more responsible for our own food eve…

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