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About EMH

Thirty-something. South Dakotan. Mother to fiver-year-old K.L. Wife to Cory. Full-time stay-at-home mom. Seminary student. Future ordained ELCA Lutheran minister. Novice organic gardener. Sustainable living aspirer.

Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is

Posted on March 9, 2009

This morning I received an email with membership information from the newly formed Buy Fresh Buy Local South Dakota chapter. The mission of BFBLSD is simply “to increase the awareness and consumption of local foods in South Dakota”. I’m betting … Continue reading →

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Keyhole Garden Key to Fighting Drought, Malnutrition

Posted on December 22, 2008

I’ve been keeping up with City Farmer in Vancouver ever since I took an organic gardening workshop there almost four years ago. City Farmer is a demonstration urban garden in the gorgeous Kitsilano neighborhood of Vancouver (trivia for the day: … Continue reading →

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If I Had $15,000

Posted on October 21, 2008

I’d buy myself a Skystream. One of the dreams my husband and I have for our land is to put up a residential wind turbine. I’ve been fascinated with the Skystream since I read about it in Mother Earth News … Continue reading →

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The Thing That Has Been Consuming All of My Potential Blogging Time

Posted on August 27, 2008

It’s worth it. Back to regular programming in a couple weeks!

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With Apologies to Scott Russell Sanders

Posted on August 6, 2008

I hadn’t heard of Scott Russell Sanders when I wrote this last year. So all my talk in that essay of “I’m staying home” and “we’ll do something profoundly counter-cultural: stay put” wasn’t at all influenced by Sanders’ book Staying … Continue reading →

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Welcoming Another South Dakota Organic Farm to the Blogosphere

Posted on July 20, 2008

Heidi, an intern with Prairie Coteau Farm and Dakota Rural Action, has alerted me to Prairie Coteau’s new blog, which you can find here! I’ve been hearing about P.C. Farm for awhile but didn’t see much online about them, so … Continue reading →

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Sustainable Ag Symposium Just Down the Road This Week

Posted on July 19, 2008

Speaking of the organic Johnson Farm, it will play host this Tuesday for the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society Summer Symposium. The symposium and farm tour runs from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on July 22 a few miles outside … Continue reading →

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Local Organic Farmer Goes Gourmet

Posted on July 11, 2008

(photo courtesy Sam Hurst, Gourmet.com) My husband scooped me on this one, but I’m going to post here, too. Local longtime organic farmer (and our neighbor down the road) Charlie Johnson and his brother Allan are the subjects of a … Continue reading →

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