I have been making soap for nearly 10 years now. It all started when we had a steer butchered at home. We lived on a small property (around eight acres) at the time, and we wanted to grow our own food ...

When a friend’s husband butchered a few head of cattle and asked if I wanted some of the beef fat for soap-making, I couldn’t pass it up. After two days of slow-rendering the fat, it was time to get ...

Until around 1916, making soap at home was commonplace. Using wood or plant ashes and leftover animal fats, families produced their own soap for cleaning their clothes and themselves. During World War ...