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As I type this, food freedom supporters are gathering in Minnesota at the trial of farmer Alvin Schlangen, co-owner and manager of Freedom Farms Co-op. Watch the short video to hear his story. “Alvin Schlangen, a peaceful Minnesota farmer and founder of Freedom Farms Co-op, connects people with the foods of their choice from local producers. Over the past two years, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture has illegally raided Alvin’s van, warehouse, and farm. The state has now brought 21 charges against Alvin related to food distribution; all are misdemeanor counts. Four of the misdemeanors are in trial [this week]. If convicted, Alvin faces up to a year in jail and hefty fines… just for helping to connect consumers to the producers and foods of their choice.” –Raw Milk Food Freedom Riders

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You’re invited to a TweetChat about fermentation this coming Thursday (4/19). If you’re wondering what a tweetchat is, read inside this post. Also in this post, pictures from my book signing last Saturday. Thanks to everyone who came. I had a great time.

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This may look like an appetizing cheese board now, but let me tell you about the embarrassing conditions under which it began.

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Kelli, a reader, posted on my Facebook wall that she wanted to sell her barely-used Nutrimill and Bosch mixer. I snapped up that Nutrimill right quick. (The Bosch with blender is still for sale.) It arrived yesterday and I put it to work grinding hard red berries from Palouse Brand. The bread turned out fantastic. In this post, I share pictures of the whole process and remind you to sign up for our free grain mills webinar on Friday.

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Urban farmer Annette Cottrell (from SustainableEats.com) and I have been internet friends for a long time. We have a common kinship in growing, raising, sourcing, and preparing our own foods. So I am really, really thrilled to tell you about her amazing new book. She, with Joshua McNicholls (a Seattle-based journalist with a long-term interest in sustainability and food security), wrote “The Urban Farm Handbook.” And what a handbook it is!

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A group of plain people, the Vallenses, live and survive in what was once Central Texas. “The Last Pilgrims” is a good, fun, clean, thought-provoking end-times adventure story. You begin to care for and understand the people. But what I love most is that this story makes survival living and eating seem real to me. If you’re going to buy the book, please wait until February 24, 2012 to participate in the book bomb!