Author: Alison

Melissa K Norris is a 5th generation homesteader, a mother, an author, a podcaster and an incredible wealth of experience and information on how to thrive living close to the land.

Fertility is an indication of peak health. Yet, in our modern-day thinking, we have reduced fertility to simply something you look at when you want to get pregnant. In this episode, we recount Alison’s incredible fertility journey, what the doctors told her about her hopes of ever conceiving naturally, and what she found as a solution.

“Find a supplier of as locally sourced grains as possible…find a mill; a coop and support them!” If you’re a bread-maker, this episode’s for you. We welcome back the fabulous Elly from Elly’s Everyday to the podcast to talk about the heart of bread, its raw material: grains and flour. During this episode you’ll hear…

Why am I so obsessed with rye? It’s because I love it… Rye is just so special. – Alison Where to begin with sourdough rye bread? This is a topic that both Alison and Andrea have received so many questions about. Alison is a rye sourdough bread expert – she has made hundreds of loaves over the span…

“Last year we served 26,000 meals to kids and that’s not including snacks…next year 44,000 meals.” Today we talk with an amazing woman. Hilary Boynton is not only a mother feeding 6 kids, she’s not only the author of the GAPS cookbook Heal Your Gut, but as you just heard she’s a powerhouse who went…

Bonus interview with Lindsay Miles about quitting supermarket from her plastic-free living perspective.

There’s a lot of talk about sustainability, but much of it misses the wisdom that our ancestors have to show us in the ways they farmed and ate for centuries. Hear Andrea and I talk about practical sustainability for all our kitchens in this episode.

A peek into one of Andrea and my ‘Kitchen Table Chats’ – where we sit, a cup of tea in hand, and talk intimately about what’s been going on in our food worlds.

Alison & Rob have been pursuing an alternative ancestral-inspired lifestyle since they found each other in 2009. Hear them talk a little about how their days go and why they do it.

“For every complex problem there’s an answer that is clear simple and wrong” Are you confused or disheartened by the mainstream medias portrayal of beef? Would you like to understand how well managed cattle can be a huge step in solving our climate and health problems? Do you long for more nuance in the discussion…

It’s finding a balance, making sure you’re feeding your creativity in the things that inspire you, and trying to make the things that you’re not so hot on as quick and easy as possible… We live in a society that is very time-poor, and it is easy to lose that time and not have the time…

I don’t use butter that often – but sometimes I’m really in a buttery mood and I’ll fry my pancake in ghee. – Alison For several decades, fats were vilified as the source of many health problems and were avoided by many, including Alison – she avoided all fats, completely, for ten years. The distinction…

Charlie cooked for her, her husband and her 2 children three times a day in a six and a half metre van with no oven, two burners and a tiny fridge all whilst travelling around Europe. Listen in as Alison interviews her about how she did it, finding good food on the road and what her experience gifted her.

A whole chicken is one of the most economical meats out there. Listen in to hear Alison and Andrea talk about what you can save through buying a whole bird, what you should look out for when purchasing, along with how they cook whole chickens and how they use the meat and stock.

Hear Andrea talk of her experience growing up in a big family and then share her wisdom around raising a large family the ancestral way.

How do you eat ancestrally on a budget? What about burnout and decision fatigue? Alison and Andrea sit down with Christine and Corey from the Modern Ancestral Mamas Podcast with a stack of your questions, and all share resources and ideas to tackle each one! This will definitely go down in the books as one…

Take the left-over bones from an animal, combine them with water and some gentle heat and then wait. You’ll be gifted with one of the most revered food stuffs worldwide: Stock. It’s nourishing, comforting, tasty and the base of so much good food. Listen in to hear us wax lyrical over this simple food, then talk about how we make it, the different types and how we use it in our kitchens.