{"product_id":"9781771422369","title":"Homegrown \u0026 Handmade: A Practical Guide to More Self-Reliant Living","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA modern approach to homesteading—no farm required\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFood recalls, dubious health claims, scary and shocking ingredients in health and beauty products. Our increasingly industrialized supply system is becoming more difficult to navigate, more frightening, and more frustrating, leaving us feeling stuck choosing in many cases between the lesser of several evils.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Deborah Niemann offers healthier, more empowering choices, by showing us how to reclaim links in our food and purchasing chains, to make choices that are healthier for our families, ourselves, and our planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fully updated and revised edition of \u003ci\u003eHomegrown and Handmade\u003c\/i\u003e, Deborah shows how making things from scratch and growing some of your own food can help you eliminate artificial ingredients from your diet, reduce your carbon footprint, and create a more authentic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether your goal is increasing your self-reliance or becoming a full-fledged homesteader, it’s packed with answers and solutions to help you rediscover traditional skills, take control of your food from seed to plate, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive guide to food and fiber from scratch proves that attitude and knowledge is more important than acreage. Written from the perspective of a successful, self-taught modern homesteader, this well-illustrated, practical, and accessible manual will appeal to anyone who dreams of a more empowered life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Niemann\u003c\/b\u003e presents and teaches extensively on topics ranging from soapmaking to livestock care. She and her family raise livestock for meat, eggs and dairy products, while an organic garden and orchard provide fruit and vegetables. Deborah is also the author of \u003ci\u003eRaising Goats Naturally\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139963928816,"sku":"9781771422369","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771422369_p0.jpg?v=1763707686","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771422369","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}