She saw firsthand where food comes from and now lives in a typical city neighborhood with a wild,
woodsy backyard. She and her husband, Kevin, frequent the farmers market, garden at home, and
often grill fish for dinner on their outdoor campfire with kids Olivia and Liam, while the ducks
and chickens roam wild. She’s a beekeeper, fermenter, and a mad breadmaker. Her kitchen shelves
are chock-full of Mason jars holding starters, jams, honey, kombucha, and more. “Just after our
daughter was born, I bought the book Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and started fermenting,
sourdough bread baking, pickling, canning, and dabbling in urban homesteading life,” she says.
Nearly everything is homegrown, homemade (although she stashes store-bought mustard), and
heartfelt. “Every time I make bread and take a loaf of sourdough bread out of the oven my heart fills
so full in what I have created,” she says. Each loaf comes out perfectly brown and fragrant, and her
sourdough workshops are constantly sold out. “In this day and age with technolog y and YouTube,
there’s nothing like just being face-to-face and learning with and from each other,” she says.
“My desire is to promote this back-to-our-roots lifestyle and connect us back to our senses.”
RESOURCES, SEE PAGE 110.
Emma Moore
grew up on
a California
dairy farm.
THIS PHOTO Emma dons her
own apron design, sold at the
Heritage Goods and Supply store.
She holds a bowl of fresh greens
and veggies, some of which are
destined for the pickling jar.
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