Grow your own food with confidence.
Cook nourishing meals from what you grow.
Build a kitchen—and a life—rooted in real food.
Rooted in Real Experience
Written by Laura Lawrence of Food Prood, a Northern Michigan homesteader who—alongside her husband and three children—raises the majority of their own food, Seed to Plate is filled with lived experience, not theory.
Every tip, recipe, and lesson comes from years of trial, error, abundance, and learning what truly works in a home garden and homestead kitchen.
Seed to Plate isn’t just a book you read — it’s a skill set you carry with you forever.
From the first seed planted to the meal shared at the table, this book meets you where you are and helps you grow forward with confidence.
Seed to Plate is more than a cookbook. It’s a hands-on guide that walks you from planting your first seeds to serving comforting, homemade meals at your family table.
Inside these pages, you’ll learn how to:
- Grow food organically and intentionally
- Plan a garden that fits your space and your family’s needs
- Understand staple crops and seasonal growing rhythms
- Cook simple, nourishing meals using what you harvest
- Build confidence in both the garden and the kitchen
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This book was written for real life—muddy boots, busy kitchens, and families who want to eat better without overcomplicating things all on Ultra Premium pages!
WHAT’S INSIDE SEED TO PLATE
Gardening & Growing Your Food
This isn’t theory — it’s what you actually need to know to grow food where you live no matter your space.
Inside you’ll find:
How to choose seeds (including heirloom vs. hybrid)
Garden planning that starts with what your family eats
Spacing, watering, succession planting, and timing
Common pests and natural control methods
Notes on cross-pollination and why it shouldn’t stop you
Real-world tips from years of trial, error, and success above the 45th Parallel
Stop Guessing & Start Planting with Confidence!
Preserving & Storing the Harvest
So much food is lost simply because people don’t know what to do with it once it’s grown.
This section walks you through:
Simple, approachable food preservation
Long-term storage methods
Making the most of abundance without overwhelm
Planning ahead so nothing goes to waste
It connects the garden directly to real life — not just a good season, but a prepared household.
Cooking What You Grow
This section takes what you’ve grown and brings it into the kitchen, nothing wasted!
Inside:
Farm-to-table recipes built around what’s actually coming out of the garden
Meals that nourish, comfort, and stretch what you have
Recipes designed to work with preserved foods, not just fresh
A rhythm of cooking that fits real families, not perfection
These recipes are meant to be used, marked, and returned to again and again.
A Faith-Rooted, Intentional Approach
Woven throughout the book is a deeper message:
Stewardship over consumption
Confidence over comparison
Faith in small beginnings
Building a life rooted in home, land, and purpose
My book invites you to slow down, trust the process, and start where you are.
I didn’t learn this from books alone — I learned it by living it.
For over two decades, I’ve been growing food, cooking from scratch, and building a home rooted in self-reliance, faith, and stewardship. I garden and homestead above the 45th Parallel, where short growing seasons, cold weather, and real limitations require practical solutions — not trends.
I wasn’t always here.
I once followed the “rules” of modern food culture, believing convenience and restriction were the answer. Over time, through lived experience, faith, and necessity, I shifted toward growing, raising, and preparing our food at home — learning how nourishing real food can be when it’s grown and prepared with intention.
I’ve made the mistakes so you don’t have to:
- Overplanting
- Losing harvests
- Letting food go to waste
- Trying to do too much, too fast
What I share in Seed to Plate isn’t perfection — it’s what actually works in real homes, real kitchens, and real gardens.
This book is for people who:
Feel overwhelmed by gardening but want to start
Grow food but don’t know how to use or preserve it
Cook from scratch and want deeper connection to ingredients
Want to raise their family with more intention and self-reliance
Are craving something slower, steadier, and more meaningful
What Seed to Plate gives YOU:
Clarity — no more piecing together advice from 20 sources
Confidence — skills they can use year after year
Continuity — garden → pantry → table, all in one place
Peace — knowing you are capable of feeding their family well
This isn’t about doing everything.
It’s about doing enough, darn good.
WHY THIS BOOK IS DIFFERENT
It’s being taught from a real-life perspective
Cold-climate growing
Real-life meals
Family-tested systems
A book meant to be used, not displayed
✨ Why This Book Is Premium
Seed to Plate is intentionally printed as a high-quality, durable hardcover because it’s meant to be used, not just read.
✔ Full-color interior throughout — clear visuals, charts, and photography
✔ Ultra-premium interior paper — thicker, sturdier pages that hold up to frequent use
✔ Glossy, wipeable pages — practical for kitchen spills and garden notes
✔ Hardcover binding — designed to last for years on your counter or bookshelf
✔ 204 pages of original content — gardening, cooking, planning, and practical know-how
This is a book you can keep open on the counter while you cook, flip through in the garden, and return to season after season. It’s built like a reference book because that’s exactly what it is.
📘 What You’ll Love About This Book
Clear, beginner-friendly guidance without overwhelm
Encouragement to adapt recipes and growing methods to fit your life
A focus on staple crops that actually feed your family
Warm, practical writing that feels like learning from a trusted friend
💛 A Book Designed to Last
This book was created as a keepsake-quality guide—one you’ll reach for again and again. The materials, layout, and binding reflect the care and intention poured into every page.
If you’re ready to grow food, cook from scratch, and reconnect with the simplicity of homegrown meals, Seed to Plate belongs in your kitchen.
💰 Pricing Note
Seed to Plate is printed in small batches using premium materials to ensure durability and quality. The price reflects the true cost of independent publishing and supports the continued sharing of real-food education from our family homestead.
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