The Women's Heritage Sourcebook: Bringing Homesteading to Everyday Life, Hardcover

The book of the movement that applies homegrown practices of self-sufficiency to modern life.

Homesteading is a lifestyle of self-reliance and sustainability, characterized by home gardening and animal husbandry, food preservation, and even the small-scale production of textiles, clothing, and craftwork.

This indispensable reference book is divided into three sections: food (from sourdough bread baking to pickling vegetables to fermenting kefir), herbalism (from growing an herbal garden to making skin and hair care products to foraging), and animal husbandry (from beekeeping to buying, raising, and owning chickens, cows, and pigs).

Lavishly illustrated with 250 full-color photographs and full of detailed tips, techniques, and recipes, this reference book is comfortable on the coffee table, in your kitchen, or even propped open for use in your backyard garden.

The goal of Women's Heritage is to bring elements of the homestead into everyday life. Ashley Moore is a mother, artist, and herbalist who has studied herbal medicine with Rosemary Gladstar, Susun Weed, and the Herbal Academy. Emma Moore is an educator, yogi, healthy lifestyle coach, and mother who cares about how her children are being raised in this world. Lauren Malloy has a degree in animal science and conservation biology. She is also the creator of Worn Wear, a used clothing and repair campaign for the outdoor company Patagonia. Audria Culaciati is a freelance writer who believes in women empowering each other with and through their craft.