Marion “Nan” Bascom: Love & Wisdom Straight from My Grandmother

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How do you feed your family when you're as poor as a churchmouse?

To help celebrate the holidays, today we have a very special throwback episode for you with my grandmother Nan.

When I first started this show, almost 13 years ago, I bought a cheap little video camera and interviewed Nan at her house because she's pretty much my favorite person in the universe.

As many of you know, Nan's wisdom is ever present in our work, and especially my book, The Wild Diet. But who is Nan anyway?

Well, Marion Bascom, affectionately known as Nan was a nurse, a Second Lieutenant in the US Army, and a city girl who married my grandfather, Horace, a dairy farmer, and took on the challenges of tending to a dairy farm, organic garden and homestead while raising 7 children.

After living the good life for almost a century, Nan passed away a few years ago at the age of 97. And I'm very happy to be able to share some of her wisdom with you here today. We could all benefit from listening to a few words from the elders these days.

This interview is very dear to my heart, and I hope this show with Nan brings a smile to your face and warms your heart, too.

Get ready to smile. In this conversation with my grandmother, we're chatting about:

Incredible stories from raising 7 children on a farm with almost no money
The low cost of food when you grow it yourself
Family meals, gardening, canning and foraging for wild edibles behind the house
What Nan did when she thought one of the kids was on drugs
How to make homemade bread, ice cream, yogurt, jellies and pickles… she even made her own root beer
Nan’s secret to a good long life
And tons more…

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