One often-overlooked aspect of alternative farming is the type of salt we use for our livestock. We buy Himalayan or sea salt for ourselves, but we never thought about giving it to our animals we just used the regular white salt block from the farm store for them.

 However, when we went to the Okie Homesteading Expo, there was a representative of the Redmond Salt Company there talking about why we shouldn't be using white salt for our animals. It totally made sense, so we ordered salt from their company and won't be going back to white salt! Read more