FARMcurious Blog

Meet FARMcurious team member Tali

FARMcurious is excited to welcome a new member to our team! Tali comes to us with a well-rounded history revolving around food and farms. She will be helping us to keep great urban homesteading products on the website and keep you informed through social media and our newsletters. If you see her in our booth or at one of our fun classes, be sure to say Hi!  

Fermenting Process In Photos

Have you read our page on using your FARMcurious Fermenting Set but can't quite visualize how it goes? Let us walk you through it!

Holiday Party DIY Swap & Free Gifts

So you know we're having a party on Saturday, right? You're invited, of course! AND we're giving away free stuff! Here's the catch: you have to bring something to share that you made. It could be a canning project, knitting creation, baked goodies, paper crafts, fermented, bejeweled, homegrown, home brewed...you get the idea! Bring more than one for more swapping power.

We have a gift for that!

We've considered our own loved-ones and put together some unique ideas to surprise and delight people from all walks of life. In line with our mission of connecting people with their food, we offer fun DIY classes and products to go with them. Give a gift that inspires someone and, if you're lucky, you might get some fresh cheese or tangy ferments as a thank you! Struggling with what to get a curious cousin? Check our Maker list. Perhaps you are hunting for something elegant for your urban uncle - the Minimalist list has the answer. Whether you are inspiring someone to try something new or deepen their knowledge in something they already love, we have plenty of food for thought! Take a look at the themed guides below and if you don't find what you're looking for there's more on our website.

Bacteria all around us

Last week we sat in on a discussion hosted by CUESA and Kitchen Table Talks (a joint project of 18 Reasons and Civil Eats) about the unseen and largely unknown world of bacteria, a subject near and dear to FARMcurious.

Reduce waste, feed the hungry. FARMcurious and Food Shift.

You have a plum tree in your front yard and can only eat so many. The extra ripe unpicked fruit is falling to the ground. What do you do?

One answer is to preserve it. As you know, we at FARMcurious are big fans of all the kitchen traditions that let you enjoy foods well past their season. I’m talking about jams, cheeses, pickles, fruit wines, kimchis…the list goes on. We teach the skills and sell the equipment to preserve what you have now for later. The added bonus is that those baskets of plums or gallons of milk don't end up in the trash.

An astounding 40% of all food produced in the U.S. is wasted, and at the same time 1 in 6 Americans aren’t sure when or if they will get their next meal.

FARMcurious is Hiring!

Have you ever dreamed of working for a growing little startup company, seeing what it takes to build a business from the ground? We're currently seeking an Administrative/Marketing Coordinator to help the Founder with day-to-day execution of tasks related to the retail operation of urban homesteading products, events and classes. The ideal candidate will be extremely flexible and enjoy a constantly changing environment in a small, growing company where priorities may shift from day to day.

Win your favorite FARMcurious product!

FARMcurious will be giving away someone’s wish list favorite once a week from Nov 17-Dec 13th, so choose something for yourself while you’re shopping for friends and family.

Get a Jump on Holiday Gift-Making

We’ve all done it. Scrambling through cupboards wishing we hadn’t opened that last jar of apple jam or bottle of orange bitters. "It would have made the perfect gift!" you say, exasperated and empty-handed. This year think ahead and get going on DIY projects NOW to avoid that What-do-I get-Aunt-Louise? holiday conundrum.

reCAP Mason jar cap giveaway!!

Those clever folks at reCAP keep coming out with MORE ways to improve on the already awesome Mason jar! Their original pour lid is an indispensable mason jar component, and soon it will be available in beautiful BLUE. Want to win one? How about 2? There are 3 ways to enter and the winner will get 1 of the not-yet-released wide mouth blue pour caps AND one of the original silver caps in the narrow mouth size.