Experience the joy and flavor that comes from freshly made bread and butter! Follow along with Beth Dooley, author of a dozen cookbooks, as she uses kits to make sourdough bread and freshly churned butter. Learn how to get amazing taste from just a few ingredients and know what's in your loaves and sticks. It's as easy as bread and butter!

When Leah learned that her son had severe food allergies and that her daughter had cystic fibrosis, she knew a healthy diet would play an integral part of her children’s care. But learning to get organized in the kitchen while still having time for other activities felt like an impossible task. Over the course of three years, Leah learned to master the art of meal planning and prep through the use of bulk shopping, freezing foods, planning ahead, and getting organized. Her techniques are effective enough for those needing to follow the strictest of diets, but easy enough for those who don’t necessarily love to cook or plan ahead, but also understand the necessity for home-cooked meals. Leah provides participants with an overview of the techniques that have enabled her to spend a minimal amount of time in the kitchen while serving her family a nearly 100 percent made-from-scratch diet. Home-cooked breakfasts, snacks, lunches, and dinners are possible because of these techniques. She shows you how to get organized, get cooking, and stay sane!Here is a list of what you will find in the workshop below: A 25-minute video by Leah Webb. A PDF download of an excerpt from Leah's book to get you started.

Raising a healthy eater in a society that doesn’t necessarily support or encourage healthy habits can be a major challenge for parents. Leah Webb, family food and garden coach with more than a decade of experience teaching kids, will discuss her fun and effective approach to encouraging interest in healthy foods. She’ll demonstrate her tried-and-true methods that will help you turn healthy meals into a joyful part of an everyday routine. The recommendations are best suited for 1-to-8-year-old children but can be modified for older children as needed.Here is a list of what you will find in the workshop below: A 29-minute video by Leah Webb. A PDF download of an excerpt from Leah's book to get you started.

Learn to make your own mead (honey wine) using techniques that have been used by ancient cultures since the first discovery of bubbling honey and its magical effects. Jereme Zimmerman focuses on wild-crafting and spontaneous-fermentation techniques, but he also discusses other mead-making practices. Be prepared for an engaging discussion on mead, Vikings, and the simplicity of fermenting your own honey-based alcoholic beverages using local, raw, unfiltered honey and ingredients harvested from the wild and your own garden.Here is a list of what you will find in the workshop below: A 37-minute video by Jereme Zimmerman. A PDF download of an excerpt from Jereme's book to get you started.

Feeding your family year-round with nutritious food takes a solid food preservation plan. Karen Geiser shares her plan to feed her family of seven. Her plan includes canning, freezing, dehydrating, fermenting, root cellaring, and cold framing. So, whether you're just starting or are well-seasoned, glean some tips to fortify your food security by building a better family larder.Here is a list of what you will find in the workshop below: A 19-minute video by Karen Geiser. A PDF download of notes from Karen to get you started.

Making your own sandwich meat is a great way to save money and ensure clean food for your family. In this workshop, learn to make your own cured, cooked deli ham using just salt and pure spices. Author, butcher, and farmer Meredith Leigh will teach you about using curing to make tough cuts of meat more useful, and increase their flavor and keeping quality. Learn about food safety and the use of nitrites in cured meat products, and receive a recipe for Tasso Ham — a delicious spicy-sweet ham used in Cajun cooking.Here is a list of what you will find in the workshop below: A 21-minute video by Meredith Leigh. A PDF download of the recipe and other slides to help you get started.

With an urban garden and more than 130 tomato varieties, 14-year-old Emma Biggs knows how to fit lots of tomatoes in a small space. She grows hers in the ground, in a neighbor’s yard, in wicking beds, on the roof, and on the driveway. In this workshop, she looks at different ways to grow and train tomato plants: everything from staking to cages, from trellises to straw bales. She shares some of her favorite varieties. She also talks about how she overcame the toxicity from her neighbor’s big black walnut tree and now grows tomatoes underneath it. Leave this talk with ideas for varieties to try, ways to grow, and techniques to train your tomatoes. Let Emma inspire you to figure out how to grow tomatoes in a way that suits your garden.Here is a list of what you will find in the workshop below: A 25-minute video by Emma Biggs. A PDF "handout" of the notes from Emma to get you started.

The humble potato has sustained people in many parts of the world for hundreds of years — and caused consternation as well, because of all the work it takes to plant, weed, and harvest. See how to grow fantastic potatoes that stay weed-free and are easy to harvest.