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What is food freedom?
Facebook Youtube Envelope This post may contain affiliate links where I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Do you have food freedom or even understand what that means? Hear my perspective from years of food safety experience and from my recent experience at the Rogue Food Convention. Rogue Food Convention: https://roguefoodconference.com/ Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal Book: https://amzn.to/3FUysY8 Animal Science E-Textbook: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/?s=animal+science Poultry Course: https://courses.thehomesteadeducation.com/ Homestead Gift Giving: www.thehomesteadeducation.com/homestead-gifts Subscribe to The Homestead Education: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/subscribe/ Learn more about homesteading, homeschooling, and home cooking at the Homestead Education Website The Homestead Education Podcast: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/podcast/ Free Homestead Homeschool Webinar: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/teach-homesteading/ Shop Homestead Curriculum: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/shop/ Start a Homestead…
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Throwing in the Towel on Your Homestead
This post may contain affiliate links where I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. This week we are scrambling to get everything done on our to-do list checked off now that the rain is slowing down. With everything we have going on, when do we throw in the towel on our homestead? Learn how to prioritize your time and when to let something go. The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch Read the Livestock Culling Guide Subscribe to The Homestead Education: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/subscribe/ Learn more about homesteading, homeschooling, and home cooking at the Homestead Education Website The Homestead Education Podcast: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/podcast/ Free Homestead Homeschool Webinar: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/teach-homesteading/ Shop Homestead…
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Finding Freedom in Self-Sufficiency
Facebook Pinterest Envelope This post may contain affiliate links where I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Welcome to season 2 of The Homestead Education Podcast! Join me for a chat about 4-H and hear the perspective of some of today’s youth. For the main topic, I am talking about embracing the mindset of finding freedoms in self-sufficiency. Introduction to Homestead Science: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/shop/ Find your local 4-H office: https://4-h.org/find/ Turkey Broth Recipe: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/turkey-broth/ Epson EcoTank Printer: https://amzn.to/3A1oznk Business Strategy Call: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/product/business-call/ Homestead Business Membership: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/product/business-call/ Homestead Science Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/homesteadscience The Homestead Education Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/homesteadeducation Find Homeschool Curriculum here: http://www.homesteadsciencecurriculum.com Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/subscribe/…
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Predators On The Homestead
This post may contain affiliate links where I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. After spending some time doing some additional research on a topic that I have been experiencing since childhood, I realized that education is the key to conservation. Learn about predators on the homestead, depredation options, and the importance of being well informed while also potentially saving yourself from legal implications. Read “Encyclopedia of Animal Predators” by Janet Vorwald Dohner: https://amzn.to/3OOj014 Subscribe to The Homestead Education: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/subscribe/ Learn more about homesteading, homeschooling, and home cooking at the Homestead Education Website The Homestead Education Podcast: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/podcast/ Free Homestead Homeschool Webinar: https://www.thehomesteadeducation.com/teach-homesteading/ Shop Homestead Curriculum:…
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Why you need a livestock first aid toolbox on your homestead
Facebook Pinterest Email Print This post contains affiliate links. Keeping your livestock first aid toolbox handy on the homestead It seems like farm animals are constantly needing some form of assistance. It’s a goat that got all scrapped up from barbed wire, a sow needing a shot of oxytocin from a rough delivery or a beef calf that needs their 7-way out in the field. So, I make sure I have a good amount of first aid and vet supplies on hand at all times. We have a couple of shelves in the barn office that are packed full as well as the standard butter shelf in the garage fridge…
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The reason we chose to only raise livestock we could eat
We chose to only raise livestock on our homestead that produced tangible yeilds.
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When should you be breeding livestock on your homestead?
Breeding Timing If you are breeding livestock, there are several reasons that you may want to choose to breed in the fall. Breeding time falls under many categories, so breeding in the fall may or may not be right for you. But if you’re just getting started or feel overwhelmed with litters of piglets or calves being born in the middle of a snowstorm this should have you lined out in no time. I grew up ranching in a fairly mild climate where we would calve in early spring and late fall and never had to worry about weather affecting the calves. Now as a homesteader, I live in a…
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Why is culling livestock the best choice for your homestead?
Facebook Pinterest Email Print Why cull? Talking about culling is not always the most fun topics. However, it is a necessary topic to keep your homestead manageable, feed bills down, your livestock healthy, and your genetics strong. Culling is the act of reducing or controlling the size of something, such as a heard. However, many people view this as strictly euthanizing the animal and that is not always case, nor the purpose. When to cull? Culling is usually done in the fall to keep the herd manageable through the winter. When animals are unhealthy going into the harsh winter month they may require more barn space, additional higher quality feeds,…
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Winter Preparation – Animal Health
Part of the Homestead Winter Preparedness Series, everything you need to keep your animals health as you head into winter. This handy animal health guide takes out all the guess work.
