Helpful Resources for Homesteaders

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* Any of the books by Joel Salatin

* Grass Fed Cattle by Julius Ruechel

* Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown

* Compost Tea Making by Marc Remillard

* Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Applehof

* Teaming With Microbes by Jeff Lowenfels

* Restoration Agriculture by Mark Shepard

* Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets

* Anatomy of Life & Energy in Agriculture by Dr Arden Andersen 

* The No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm by Daniel Mays

* Weeds, Control Without Poisons by Charles Walters, Jr.

* When Weeds Talk by Jay McCaman

* Sea Energy Agriculture by Maynard Murray, MD

* Mini-Farming- Self Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre by Brett Markham

* Backyard Homestead Guides by Gail Damerow

* Storey's Guides (various topics and authors on raising homestead livestock

* Holistic Resource Management by Alan Savory

* Lasagna Gardening by Patricia Lanza

* The Regenerative Grower's Guide to Garden Amendments by Nigel Palmer

* JADAM Organic Farming by Youngsang Cho

* Dirt The Erosion of Civilization by David Montgomery

* A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough

* Call of the Reed Warbler by Charles Massey

* A Bold Return to Giving a Damn by Will Harris

* Unstoppable by Zen Honeycutt

* Regeneration by Paul Hawken

* Kiss the Ground by Josh Tickell

* Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price, DDS

* Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon

* Nourishing Histories by Sally Fallon Morell

* The Microbiome Breakthrough by Raphael Kellman, MD

* Let's Talk SH!T by Sabine Hazan, MD

* Eat Dirt by Dr. Josh Axe

* Food Plague by Dr. Arden Andersen

* What's Making Our Children Sick by Michelle Perro, MD and Vincanne Adams, PhD

* The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

* Animal Vegetable Junk by Mark Bittman

* Our Stolen Future by Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, John Peterson Myers

* The Invisible Rainbow by Arthur Firstenberg

* Perilous Bounty by Tom Philpott

* The Meat Racket by Christopher Leonard

* The Chain by Ted Genoways

* Defending Beef by Nicolette Hahn Niman

* Food What the Heck Should I Eat (and others) by Dr. Mark Hyman

* Tuning In To Nature by Philip Callahan, PhD

* Science in Agriculture by Dr Arden Andersen

* Secrets of the Soil by Peter Tompkins

* The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird

* Tennesse Forage Planting Guide (Great for Cover Plants!):https://utbeef.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/127/2020/11/pb378-1.pdf  

* Redmond Salt Soil/Plant Guide:https://redmondagriculture.com/soil

* Sea-90 Salt Soil/Plant Guide:  https://www.sea-90.com/pages/application-instructions-hub

* Food Inc

* Kiss the Ground

* Common Ground

* Restoration Agriculture (Acres USA)

* The Biggest Little Farm

* Fresh (Documentary, 2009)

* The Magic Pill

* Farmer's Footprint: https://farmersfootprint.us/watch/

* Rich Roll Episode #353 with Dr Zach Bush:  GMOs, Glyphosate & Healing the Gut

* John Kempf: Regenerative Agriculture Podcast (Science & How to Grow Soil)

    - Episode #79: Joe Lewis-Plants alerting parasitic wasps to presence of caterpillars (2/24/22)

    - Episode #67: Jesse Frost-No till Market Garden (3/31/21)

* Dr. Josh Axe: The Dr. Axe Show (Health)

    - Episode "Dr. Zach Bush: How Soil Health Impacts Human Health (11/4/21)

* Dr. Mark Hyman: The Doctor's Farmacy (Health) 

* Wise Traditions (Weston A. Price Foundation) (www.westonaprice.org)

    - Episode #316 "Ancient Healing Seawater"-Robert Slovak

    - Episode #155 "The Isaac Newton of Nutrition"-Chris Masterjohn

    - Episode #284 "How to Have a Healthy Pregnancy"-Sally Fallon Morell

    - Episode #329 "Bringing Up Baby"-Sally Fallon Morell

    - Episode #198 "The Buzz on Bees & Honey"-Dr. Leo Sharashkin

    - So many others too numerous to itemize

* Jeff Krasno:  Commune

    - Episode "Dr Zach Bush:  Eat the Rainbow of Salt."  (6/21/22)

* Dan Knights: How we Study Microbes Living in Your Gut (data analyzes microbiome of US immigrants and how it shifts over time. 

    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW3198J83RQ 

* Dr Elaine Ingham; soil health case studies and education videos: www.soilfoodweb.com

* Chris Trump; Korean Natural Farming: https://www.biomei.solutions/

* Dr Weston Price--Nutrition and Health:  www.westonaprice.org

* High Brix Gardens:    https://www.highbrixgardens.com/

* Moms Across America: https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/

* Children's Health Defense--Nutrition and Health assessing Root Causes of Chronic Diseases:  https://childrenshealthdefense.org/

* Children's Health Defense TN Chapter: https://tn.childrenshealthdefense.org/ 

* Regenerative Ag:  https://johnkempf.com/

* Short paper on dangers of Glyphosate/Roundup:  https://childrenshealthdefense.org/child-health-topics/known-culprits/glyphosate/understanding-the-basics-of-glyphosate/

* Safe, Vinegar based replacement for Roundup--works great!  https://contactorganics.com/

 * Hazards of Glyphosate/Roundup and alternatives: https://www.consumernotice.org/environmental/pesticides/roundup/alternatives/

* Tim Wilson:  www.microbeorganics.com

* Green Cover (Cover crops and soil health):  www.greencover.com

*  Calley & Casey Means: How Big Pharma Keeps You Sick, and the Dark Truth About Ozempic and the Pill 

*  Senator Ron Johnson Roundtable Session "American Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion": https://www.youtube.com/live/2iWE465RCOk 

* GMOs, Glyphosate & Gut Health with Dr Zach Bush

    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWgnkgYtqnw

* Chris Trump: Korean Natural Farming (Numerous)

* Greg Judy: Rotational Grazing (Numerous)

* Ray Archuleta (Numerous)

* Gabe Brown (Numerous)

* Howard Vlieger (Numerous on GMOs & Glyphosate issues)

    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNKtLf-MaiU

* Dr. David Johnson "Bioreactor"

    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=195&v=XIB4QSEMzdg

    - https://youtube.com/watch?v=DxUGk161Ly8&feature=youtu.be

* Easy DIY Worm Farm 5-Gal Buckets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fzUkvWbGhY

* DIY Worm Farm Under $30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaajjQ0FhM4

* Homemade 25 Gallon Trash Can Compost Tea Brewer:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCK_pjcQOTo&t=3s

* Caution for Compost: NC State Extension Herbicide Carryover:

    - https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/herbicide-carryover#:~:text=Picloram%2C%20clopyralid%2C%20and%20aminopyralid%20can,microbes%2C%20heat%2C%20and%20moisture.

* Soil Carbon Sink, Fall Amendments by David Yarrow:   2022-09.SoilCarbonSink-2021-Press-Release-2111.pdf (rockbridgeconservation.org)  

* JR Bolling Farm story can't find living worms:

    - https??www.ecofarmingdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/August16_Down-the-Wormhole.pdf

* Violent behavior and diet connection:

    - https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/environmental-toxins/violent-behavior-a-solution-in-plain-sight/