Whew, life has been busy! I got so busy with all that we have going on that the blog got overlooked. Sorry for that! Here is a quick update on some of that has been going on the last couple of years.
1. We have added a freeze dryer to our food preservation process. We have pressure canned and water bathed for years all kinds of fruits and veggies, but in 2024 we tried a freeze dryer. I was asked to speak at a homesteading conference in Oklahoma (The Okie Homestead Conference) and met a wonderful couple that convinced us we needed a freeze dryer. We absolutely love it!
2. We have done more traveling doing speaking and teaching events around the states. We have been in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Oklahoma, etc. It has been humbling to get to share some of the things we are passionate about and I believe can help our communities.
3. Because of our traveling we have had to shrink back some of the things we are doing at farm. Our kids are growing up and one by one leaving for their own homesteads and futures. That means we are losing some help. That's okay! I wouldn't want it any other way. The kids need to be able to spread their wings and do the things that they are passionate about. It is cool to see them continue in some of the things they loved while home or them to start their own homesteads.
4. As we travel and engage more and more people, I am so encouraged with the amount of people who are rethinking food and agriculture. I see other families just like ours that are starting to ask questions about health and the connection to the food supply. Big Ag is killing the farmer! I have talked to so many commodity-based farmers who don't want a farm bill (why you ask...because it assures Big Ag will get their overinflated prices for seed, fertilizer, and machinery). I'm also encouraged that families that are still stuck with Big Ag are starting to grow more of their own food, buy more local meat and support suppliers like Azure Standard.
5. Overall, the American people are a creative, get-er done, don't push me kind of people! Bureaucrats, Big Ag, Big Pharms, Big Food has overplayed their hands!!! And now they are going to pay the price for exploiting the health of the American people. Mommas are going to break these companies with their pocketbooks and their Instagram accounts.
I'm more encourage that ever before! God is on the move in America, people are awaking, lives are being changed and the darkness is genuinely scared! Keep walking in the light and the darkness cannot prevail!
