Meredith Leigh

Making Fish Sauce, Fish Fertilizer, and Garums

By Meredith Leigh The earliest evidence of fish sauces, or garums, dates back as early as the 3rd century BCE, made by ancient Greeks, and much speculation exists regarding whether the practice traveled from the shores of the Black Sea to the many other regions where garums are found, or if people across the Mediterranean, […]

Online Q&A: How to Grow Your Own Kombucha or Vinegar SCOBY

Our workshops and YouTube videos can spark some questions that take a little extra time to address. The blog is a great way to answer and to share with a wider audience. Send your questions via email and they might just end up here (with your permission, of course.) QUESTION: How do you grow your […]

Remembering Chuck Marsh

by Patryk Battle and Meredith Leigh (Patryk:) Chuck was the person I was most looking forward to getting together with at this year’s Permaculture Gathering. I wanted to share with him my delight at having rooted in accidentally broken off branch of Yuzu ( a hardy-ish Japanese citrus that I of course got from Chuck). […]

Elements of Cooking Series Next Class is about FIRE

“Heat is the element of transformation,” writes chef Samin Nosrat, who has worked with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse. Nosrat argues that heat, more than anything else, is what ultimately renders our food from one thing to another. “Heat is flavorless and intangible,” she writes, “but its effects are quantifiable.” Long before Nosrat finished her […]

What’s in a Workshop? The Value of On-Farm Education

by Meredith Leigh, Living Web Farms Education Director & Livestock Co-Manager At Living Web Farms, we focus on growing food for underserved people, while also building and demonstrating systems for resilient living. Our farm not only produces food, but also seeks to model systems for sustainable food production, alternative energy, animal husbandry, natural medicine and […]