Homesteader Deborah Niemann

Episode 10

I first learned about Deborah Niemann as I started to research chickens and goats for our backyard and found myself reading her website, Thrifty Homesteader. Then I connected with her, not realizing she was the same person, to buy a pig (to eat)- she raises her own meat and produce and I bought some incredibly delicious pork from her, the whole pig to be exact, from her 32 acre farm, Antiquity Oaks. Recently I learned she has a podcast dedicated to goats, For The Love of Goats. This week I had the pleasure of speaking to her as a guest on my podcast!
 
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Thrifty Homesteader
https://thriftyhomesteader.com/

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/thriftyhomesteader/

Antiquity Oaks Farm
https://antiquityoaks.com/

Grew up in Texas, sickly as a child. Realized there was a connection between diet and health. Had first child while living in FL and started reading food labels. Became vegetarian, tried gardening.

Moved to Chicago area and had a small garden to produce summer salads and tomatoes for canning sauce.

Worked as a reporter, 1997 covered the Garfield Farm Rare Breed Show and realized that many were breeds she had seen on her grandparents farm.

Chicago Chicken Enthusiasts
https://sites.google.com/site/chicagochickenenthusi/

Amish and Healthy Foods
https://amishhealthyfoods.com/

4H Club https://4-h.org/about/what-is-4-h/ 

Conservation Priority List https://livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/conservation-priority-list 

Nigerian Dwarf Goat
 
Mini Scottish Highland Cattle
http://godscountryranch.net/scottish-highland-cattle/

Deborahs Old Blog about farm life
https://antiquityoaks.blogspot.com/

Started teaching on the farm, speaking at the Mother Earth News Fair where she was discovered by a publisher
https://www.motherearthnewsfair.com/
Mother Earth News Magazine
https://amzn.to/2STXygH

Book - Homegrown and Handmade
https://amzn.to/2STL3lp

Learning to play the steel tongue drum

#75Hard

Coursera.org online classes
https://www.coursera.org/

If you want to do this don’t wait- you won’t want to be in a barn at 60 when it’s freezing outside.

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