Feed Your Family For a Year Audio Article and Discussion
In this episode of the Mother Earth News and Friends podcast sponsored by True Leaf Market, host Josh Wilder speaks with homesteader Patrice Lewis about the essential transition from food consumer to ...
5 Mar 36min
Keep Going and Growing Throughout the Decades Audio Article and Discussion
Listen as long-time gardener and homesteader Ed Block shares practical wisdom on adapting self-reliance practices for the "golden years" by using lighter tools and efficient systems. Through a blend o...
19 Feb 54min
Understanding Egg Development
This podcast episode brought to you by Brinsea features Betsy Trice, a poultry expert and farmer, who details the biological journey of a chick from egg anatomy to the final "pipping" and hatching pro...
5 Feb 21min
Herbs for Sleep, Stress, and Sobriety
Managing Editor Amanda Sorell joins the podcast to read her article on how specific plants like lemon balm, hops, and kava can support stress relief, better sleep, and sobriety. She shares personal an...
22 Jan 41min
How to Cook on a Woodburning Cookstove
In this audio article episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, join us as we explores the practical joys and challenges of using a traditional woodburning cookstove to achieve off-grid self-reliance ...
15 Jan 9min
Biomimicry and Soil Health
In this episode brought to you by Homesteaders of Iowa (HOI), host Josh Wilder and Ana Skemp sit down with David Ford, a researcher, homesteader, and keynote at the upcoming HOI Expo and Midwest Confe...
1 Jan 42min
The Useful Goat
In this episode of the Mother Earth News and Friends podcast, host Josh Wilder speaks with Gianaclis Caldwell about her book, The Useful Goat, which explores a "nose-to-tail" approach to goat keeping....
18 Des 202524min
2025 Editorial Roundup
This episode of the Mother Earth News and Friends podcast features an annual editorial roundup where editors from Mother Earth News and Grit magazines share their favorite, most surprising, and most i...
4 Des 202515min
