Had a late Saturday night waiting for the freeze dryer to finish so I could process. It was our first attempt at making ready to eat meals--chicken parm. Looks like it turned out well and made 10 quarts plus another half that we're going to rehydrate and test out. Besides all that, that's video just dropped. We taste different raw milk to decide which direction we go for our next livestock operation. Enjoy. https://youtu.be/ne_zlbYNMls #farm #homestead #permaculture #rawmilk #milk

Freeze drying complete Chicken livers ✅ Pork liver ✅ Chicken hearts ✅ Lamb heart ✅ Lamb liver ✅ Chicken feet ✅ Kidneys ✅ Tongue ✅

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I have read that book. It's been a while though.

We made the difficult decision to sell off our cattle breeding herd this winter. Time will tell if it was a good decision, but looking around at the state of things it seems to our benefit to take the next steps towards self sufficiency and in source more of our homestead activity. Spending several thousands of dollars every winter on hay wasn't getting us anywhere and our end goal, which may or may not be attainable, is complete self reliance with food production. For livestock, this means significantly under stocking our resource base and focusing on our needs. Next week's video will bring more clarity for our future plans. https://youtu.be/GGSMXRK4s1w

Winter is a good time to clean out and defrost your deep freezers. You have the benefit of cold temperatures outside to aid in consolidation efforts. We've got organ meats, lard, and chicken stock on the front porch while we work things through the freeze dryer to consolidate down to only 1 coffin sized deep freezer for the first time in years.

I think we're living in the early age of a return to a local agrarian society. When fiat collapses what will you contribute to the exchange and barter economy?

Food Programs LLC is a terrible name for a packaging and distribution company. Big ag stench with that one. We need to bring back local commerce where people know each other by their names. When a buyer knows where a seller sleeps they are less likely to cut corners and harder to hide unethical behavior.

Lots of attention and concern about power outages of late, not just winter storm related, but also solar caused. A few weeks back I released this video detailing our key areas to consider and recommendations to build resilience. If power reliability is a concern for you right now: fill bath tubs so you can flush toilets, fill empty containers for extra drinking water and take up space in freezers to retain frozen temps longer (although outside is also an option this time of year), use heating options that don't rely upon the grid (wood is my favorite). If you lose power and don't have a heating backup, make sure you know how to drain your pipes. https://youtu.be/N3JwRCtTZ-8

Ah yes, I don't even try with those folks.

This is the perfect plant for the topic in tomorrow video 🧡 I love it. I want the 50 cal version. #gunstr

So... How long until zinc is more desirable than paper currency?