You’re Invited: Community Farm Alliance Field Day

I’ve said it before and I will say it again… if you aren’t a member of Community Farm Alliance, you really should be. There is no other grassroots organization doing ...

Everything but the Oink: Thoughts on On-Farm Meat Processing

As Sustainable Kentucky has evolved, I feel privileged to have gained a lot of insight from my farming friends into the legal side of running a small farm operation. In ...

The Skinny on Fermentation: Chutney

{Another post from our resident fermentation guru, Jesse Frost of Rough Draft Farmstead. If you haven’t yet, you really need to pick up a copy of Jesse’s new book, Bringing Wine ...

Interviews

Interview: Heavenly Homestead Cheese

{SO excited to get to interview my friends at Heavenly Homestead Cheese. ...

Young Farmers: Jennings Hollow Farm

{This is the fifth farm in the Young Farmers series.} It would ...

Interview: The Weekly Juicery

{So excited that our awesome intern, Holly Godbey, has put together her ...

Thoughts

Kentucky Green Living Fair 2013 Wrap-Up

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who attended the Kentucky ...

Forest Retreats Mushroom Cultivation Workshop

I was honored to receive a very kind invitation recently from Tim ...

How To Start/Support the Local Food Movement in Your Town

I am working on updating our frequently asked questions this week, and ...

Homesteading

How To Brew Organic Beer At Home

Brilliant farmer and SK contributor Alison Wiediger of Au Naturel Farm  tackles the ...

Perfect Homemade Whole Wheat Crackers

For years, I have been kind of obsessed with making crackers at ...

Just Say Yes to Goat’s Milk!

{A few months back, Carolyn Gahn of Sweetgrass Granola educated us on why ...

Latest News

Happy Earth Day!

Admittedly, a little late… but I wanted to wish you a happy Earth Day! I kicked off the weekend celebrating the release of EAT with my amazing friends at Local Food for Everyone in Bowling Green. Saturday was spent celebrating Earth Day with my new friends at Cedar Creek Vineyards in Somerset! This farm is [...]

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Upcoming Events

I am so glad that spring has finally arrived, aren’t you? There are so many interesting things going on around the state, so be sure to set aside a little time to go support some of these events and the folks that have put a lot of hard work into organizing them. April 18th: Release Party [...]

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Available Now: A New Book From Rough Draft Farmstead

I know many of you fell in love with Hannah and Jesse of Rough Draft Farmstead when I first wrote about them here on Sustainable Kentucky. If you were like me, though, it wasn’t enough. You wanted to know more about their story but felt like you were being nosy asking, right? (What is it [...]

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Now Hiring: The Bluebird Cafe in Stanford

I’ve got some cool news! My friends at the Bluebird are looking for a sous chef. If you live in Kentucky and are passionate about cooking great food using local, healthy ingredients, this is the job for you. I’ve heard that it is an amazing place to work and I know it is an amazing place to eat. While [...]

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Great Hikes: Yahoo Falls

I took the kids on our first hike of the new year. We went to Yahoo Falls in Stearns, Kentucky. This is a perfect hike for kids because if you go the short way, you can be at the falls in a quarter of a mile. Great for little legs, although there are some spots [...]

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