Farms: Home Economics: Living Off the Farm
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When Virginia Yoder and her husband Emerson began to farm on their 50 acre property, near Molalla, Oregon, in the mid to late 1940's, America's food supply was still bound tightly to the seasons. Canning and preserving food was a common practice to insure not only an adequate annual supply of food for farm families, but also a way to eat fruits, vegetables, and certain meats that otherwise would be more limited in their availability. Farm wives played an important role on the farm by cooking the meals, and attending to a wealth of other household responsibilities. In addition to rearing children, the farmer's wife would typically tend the food gardens, and put up food for longterm storage. In this video, Virginia Yoder provides a fascinating glimpse into a way of life that has largely vanished from the American landscape. And, at age 84, she continues growing and preserving food to help meet her long-term food needs. Food Farmer Earth - a journey of wide discovery about our food http://www.youtube.com/ffe Subscribe to Food Farmer Earth-receive the latest videos http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=foodfarmerearth Visit Cooking Up a Story for more stories, recipes, photos, and complete written posts http://cookingupastory.com Follow us: Google+ https://plus.google.com/+foodfarmerearth/posts twitter http://twitter.com/cookingupastory Facebook http://www.facebook.com/cookingupastory Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/foodfarmerearth/ Website RSS Feed http://cookingupastory.com/feed Cooking Up a Story channel on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/cookingupastory
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This lady has enough food for 5 apocalypses. Such a nice old lady.
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Bless this lady. What a soul!
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It's time for a return to the old ways, I intend to restart the practice in my own life.
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I really loved this vid! Thank you
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She is an amazing woman. Warms my heart. I hope to be half the woman she is.
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strong woman right there!
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I wish she was my grandma.
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I enjoyed your video
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0:53 the chickens are like, "Oh, I don't think so, beyotch!" Sorry, chickies, Granny has other ideas...other delicious ideas.
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That generation was so strong and had grit in them.
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What an amazing lady! Great video :)
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a life lived well
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This is an old video, I hope she is still with us. Although she looks pretty healthy at 84. :-)
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What a lovely way to live :)
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Nearly a lost art for sure. People watch a video like this and see all of the gorgeous produce and beautiful farm animals but may not think about the incredible amount of time and hard work it takes to build and maintain even a small farm. These folks work HARD for what they get from their farms!
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oh wow, that straw trick is soo cool! an old stanby for vacuum sealing!
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i need to live on the farm just to grow my own food and milk cows and fresh eggs i would love it ..
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yes, it is exciting and fun.... bring the family lots of story.... i love farming.... kick off and play...buy now... boom bbcode... fair and balance...i love grandma.... great reciepy... wow amazing... thats what we need for cyclone , earth quake and wars... yes indeed... grandma know how... thats safe..
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Pretty amazing to see that people still live this way! I am totally jealous of her cellar HOLY MOLY!
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Oh I love her. I would come and help with chores in exchange for food!! She could start a co op