self-sufficiency
27 videos tagged self-sufficiency across 8 categories.
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How we raise broilers naturally | No hormones, no antibiotics
Twelve-minute walkthrough of a homestead broiler-chicken system: feeding, housing, daily management, and lessons from three trial iterations toward sustainable meat production.
Wild Edible Series - Blackjack
53-second identification and foraging guide to blackjack, a wild edible plant for food self-sufficiency.
From City Life to Full Time Farm Girl: Interview With Ann Scott
Ann Scott discusses her transition from urban living to full-time homesteading and farm operations.
Books for Every Homesteader: A Chat with Sawdust Publishing
Interview with a homesteading publisher showcasing recommended books on food production, animal husbandry, and self-sufficient living for beginning and experienced homesteaders.
Three Underrated C's: Crappie, Cornbread & Coffee | The Perfect Catch and Cook
Fourteen-minute catch-and-cook walkthrough: fishing for crappie, field dressing and frying fresh fish, baking cornbread in camp, and brewing coffee outdoors.
When you know exactly where your food comes from because...
A 29-second pep talk on starting small with food self-sufficiency: bread-baking, herb gardens, foraging classes, hunting, and community gardens as entry points to opting out of commercial food systems.
An Amazing Doomsday Prepper Property
Walk through a thoroughly prepared SHTF homestead to evaluate its defensive design, food storage, water systems, and self-sufficiency infrastructure.
This House Looks Normal from the Outside! Off-Grid Home Tour
Tour of a fully off-grid house covering power systems, water sourcing, and self-sufficiency infrastructure.
A Warning About Off-Grid Life
Realistic assessment of the challenges and hidden costs of leaving urban areas for off-grid self-sufficiency.
What Would You Do in Another Great Depression?
Doug and Stacy discuss practical strategies for economic collapse, covering food production, preservation, and self-sufficiency fundamentals.
Free Food! Identifying Swine Cress and What You Can Use It For
Identifying swine cress in the wild and practical culinary and preservation uses for this common edible plant.
Stop Prepping Alone: The Case for a Family Compound
Explore how shared family compounds enable efficient resource pooling, skill-sharing, and sustainable self-sufficiency for homesteaders.
Apocalypse Island! Could YOU Survive Here? Should I Buy It?
Detailed walkthrough of an off-grid island property's viability for homesteading and self-sufficiency.
How I Would Learn Herbalism From Scratch Today
Eight foundational principles for building practical herbal medicine skills safely, starting with a few local herbs rather than overwhelming yourself with extensive study.
Country Life - War Time Russia #survival
Firsthand documentation of rural Russian survival practices and daily life during wartime conditions.
The Future of Homesteaders of America | Exclusive Interview with Amy Fewell
Amy Fewell, founder of Homesteaders of America, reflects on ten years of the modern homesteading movement and shares her vision for food security, self-reliance, and local food systems ahead.
Rebuilding a Free Society After Infrastructure Failure
Explores community resilience through renewable energy, water purification, and food production after grid collapse.
Off Grid Living – Vehicle Repair and Winter Recovery
Off-grid living update: replacing a distributor cap and vehicle recovery after winter without transportation, plus local conditions after snowfall.
4 Years Becoming Self Sufficient (Full Farm Tour)
Tour of a 4-year homesteading project in Australia: land development, food production systems, and progress toward household food self-sufficiency.
1500 Days Homesteading: A Journey to Self Sufficiency (Full Tour)
22-minute tour of a working homestead after 1500 days, documenting food production systems and sustainable self-sufficiency practices.
Living Off Grid: Generator Oil Change and Self Haircuts
36-minute walkthrough of generator maintenance and cutting your own hair—practical skills for reducing dependence on external services during off-grid living.
Living Off Grid — I Am the Pack Mule
Eighteen minutes documenting snowmobile operation and load-hauling logistics as part of off-grid winter self-sufficiency work.
Micro Climate Planters: An Experiment that is Working Out
15-minute walkthrough of a micro climate planter design for extending growing season and maximizing food production in remote/challenging environments.
Living off grid - Small cabin power setup
68-minute walkthrough of designing and building a small cabin power system for off-grid living, covering energy generation and storage fundamentals.
Greenhouse failure & prep to rebuild
Walkthrough of diagnosing greenhouse damage, planning repairs, and rebuilding from failure—practical skills for food production resilience.
Growing Food and Medicine
Episode 5: cultivating edible and medicinal plants in an off-grid homestead setting for household self-sufficiency.
10 Best Trees to Kickstart an Off Grid Food Forest Garden
Sixteen-minute guide to selecting and establishing ten productive tree species for a food forest system on off-grid property.