This is the bread of breads. I’ve watched grown men eat an entire loaf in one sitting. It’s man bread; stuffed full of herbs and cheese and cheese. It could make them cry, particularly if you add in some bacon. Give a guy, any guy, fist full of chubble, a beer and a football game and that would make his year, even if he hates beer and football. I’m not kidding.

Women pretty much just hide the bread from their husbands.  I'm not kidding about that either. They make a decoy loaf and then hide the rest for themselves.  Can you believe there are actually people who think women are dumb?

Have you ever seen a community rally together to raise a barn? I haven't. In fact, I didn't even understand the importance of a barn until I started learning about Shepherd's Way Farms, and how their lack of a barn has put them at risk of losing their land. Barns can house hay and farm equipment, but they also provide necessary shelter for the farm's animals. A barn is a safe, dry place for baby animals to be born and raised, which allows farmers to maintain and grow their herd or flock. With no barn, this is very difficult to do.

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I'm playing catch-up on a couple things after my horrible laptop crisis. One, of real importance to Minnesotan locavores, is the debut of Rochdale Farms cheese and butter. Jill Lewis at Heavy Table has the full breakdown on these new items, which have debuted at local, Twin Cities grocery co-ops, and which use milk from local Amish, sustainable, and organic dairy farms. Read up -- it's a good piece. Read more...