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To Make Grass-Fed Beef
Slow Food / Sustainable Living

To Make Grass-Fed Beef

Beef, as a staple food, has a bad rap as of late. Perhaps this is for good reason... The feedlot method of animal husbandry is more reminiscent of a dysfunctional…

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February 7, 2021
What’s the Good in Poop?
Lifestyle / Sustainable Living

What’s the Good in Poop?

The input of manure on our regenerative, grass farm. There are two things dominating winter life for the care of cattle: “Scraping the lot” and “bedding down the loafing shed.”…

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January 11, 2021
Quit Buying Happiness & Start Creating It
Lifestyle / Sustainable Living

Quit Buying Happiness & Start Creating It

Forget keeping up with the Jones’ and start keeping up with yourself. Recent events are pushing many over the edge. But hold on, I’m not wanting to start a political…

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December 21, 2020
Wood Splitting and It’s Perks
Lifestyle / Sustainable Living

Wood Splitting and It’s Perks

Post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Often times, when a person moves out to the country, they find themselves with many dying or…

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October 5, 2020
5 Tips For Planning Your Move To The Country
Lifestyle / Sustainable Living

5 Tips For Planning Your Move To The Country

Your first country home doesn’t have to be your last. Moving to my husband’s 6 acres was daunting, to say the least. Turning onto what I used to call dirt…

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September 28, 2020
5 Things We Downsized To Be More Eco-Friendly
Lifestyle / Sustainable Living

5 Things We Downsized To Be More Eco-Friendly

During shelter-in place, Nick and I spent some time thinking about the things we have downsized and what else we could change in order to reduce our carbon/debt footprint (while saving the turtles.)

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September 14, 2020
Livestock For Everyone! The Chicken and the Egg
Lifestyle / Slow Food / Sustainable Living

Livestock For Everyone! The Chicken and the Egg

Most slow food journeys twist and turn with pit stops at travel, gardens, farmers markets, and even smart buys at your local grocery store. However, for many DIY enthusiasts, livestock…

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September 7, 2020
5 Ways To Increase Your Child’s Science Skills
Lifestyle / Load Up and Go / Sustainable Living

5 Ways To Increase Your Child’s Science Skills

Using outdoor experiences to help your child in science. From a Science Teacher. 5 concepts to take your child’s education to the next level.

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August 24, 2020

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We're Annie and Nick! We love recreation, nature, minimalism, living sustainably, and regenerative farming. Nick, a science teacher, and Annie, an English teacher, created Straight Up Outside to help others "Load Up and Go" whenever possible.

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    • Developing A Personal Credo
    • What’s the Worth In It?
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    “The Alchemist’s Map”

    Check out the new book from Annie’s coworker, Jason Lee Willis!

    The Alchemist’s Map is a captivating story that follows Joseph Nicollet, hunting for the truth of the sorcerer’s stone under the guise of mapping the unknown, Minnesota territory.

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