The Grand Voyage Blog

What to do with all the tomatoes and peppers coming in? Raw fermented salsa is a delicious alternative to canned salsa which yes, preserves your harvest, but in the cooking process kills many of...

So many herbs are popping up in the garden now! There are so many things you can do with your herbs, but have your tried an Oxymel? Read below for some reasons why you should give this a shot, and...

I harvested these leaves with my daughter the other day with the intention to help her understand how learning about herbs and the natural world is an investment in her lifelong health and...

Food prices are insane right now as I’m sure you know! But you don’t have to compromise your health because you’re a smart cooking and know how to be savvy and make the most of...

RECIPE
Ingredients:
- 4 cups fresh elderberries (2 cups if dried)
    -    4 cups water
    -    1 cup raw honey
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Recipe
If you don’t have your own marshmallow root you can order yours from friends over at www.lightcellar.ca and use code ALISONLIGHT at checkout!
Ingredients:
-2 tbsp grass fed...

Did you use your voice in labour? Have you ever thought about the connection between the throat and the cervix? Some musings….

Physiological labour and birth is designed for women to...

So many women tell me how they wish they would’ve known about the art of traditional postpartum care when they were having babies.
There is grief around the not having.
There is shame around...

When we cross into the world of motherhood, we are embarking on a huge shift in our lives.  So often the main focus of the childbearing year is on the pregnancy and birth, leaving the...

My reasons for becoming a Birth Keeper stem back to my birth experience with my son, which was far from great. It left me physically and spiritually scarred, and also dumbfounded as to how this...