The road that leads to Modern Homesteading is different for everyone. For some it is the answer to healing from a health crisis or diagnosis, for some, it's creating food security, for others, it's sustainability, and for others, it's answering a calling, something they're drawn to and for many of us, it's all of the above.
Co-founders Melissa K. Norris and Katie Millhorn have been homesteading for decades, but even living rurally (where you'd expect to find other homesteaders), they didn't realize how isolated they were from others actually living this lifestyle. While you might meet other backyard vegetable gardeners or chicken keepers, it's rare to find someone who is also preserving their food, making as much as they can from scratch and understands the excellent benefits of pasture-raised protein, grows and creates their families herbal medicine to fellowship with let alone learn from.
While homesteading is about sustainability, it's also about community, supporting one another, and learning from those who have gone before you. That's why we're inviting you to the first annual Modern Homesteading Conference, because we know how important it is to be in person, both for learning but also for your heart.
The Event
The annual Modern Homesteading Conference is a two-day event held in the picturesque Pacific Northwest bringing together the art of simple living and traditional skills where you'll be educated and inspired like never before.
Presentations and lectures from experienced homesteaders, with tracts for those new to homesteading as well as topics for those who have been on the path longer.
Bypass years of mistakes by learning from our expert speakers to create a productive homestead and find your kind of people all at the same place, if you've ever felt alone on this journey you need to attend!
June 28/29th
2024
Below are the Presentations from 2023 Conference in the Recordings Library. NOTE the Amish Round Table, Amish Shed Build & Joel Salatin Chicken Butchering Demo are NOT included.
| Friday, June 30th | 8:30 to 9:00 | 9:00 to 10:30 | 11:00 to 12:00 | 12:00 to 1:30 Lunch | 1:30 to 2:30 | 3:00 to 4:30 | 4:30 to 5:30 Dinner Break | 5:30 to 6:30 |
| Building 22 | Joel Salatin – Chicken Butchering Demo | |||||||
| Building 25 | Opening Ceremonies | Amish Q&A Panel | Carolyn Thomas- How to Produce & Do More on Your Homestead | Melissa K. Norris 9 Ways to Preserve Food at Home Fermentation Demo | Anne of All Trades Dairy Goats Milking Demo | |||
| Building 1 | Kay & Jordyn Portage View Farms Gardening in a Northern Climate | Dr. Patrick Jones Herbs for Humans | Daniel Salatin How to use Mob Grazing to Improve Pasture, Increase Yields & Income | Tom Watkins McMurray Hatchery Raising Poultry- Chickens & Beyond | ||||
| Building 2 | Ceanne Kosel Farmhouse Teas Brewing Kombucha Demo | Rusty Bastian Redmond Real Salt Building Soil Health Naturally | Ashlee Rowland Using Nutrition to Reverse Autoimmune Disease | |||||
| Building 3 | Dr. Chris Boman Soil-Gut-Brain Connection | Robyn Jackson Cheese from Scratch Natural Cheese Making | Nikki Conley Grafting Heirloom Apple Trees Demo | Trevor Hollenback Sheep Shearing Demo | ||||
| Jacklin Square | Dezeray Rathjen MTN DOG FARM Ways to Prepare an Off-Gride Home | Kody Hanner Homestead Science: Teaching homesteading for lifelong self-sufficiency | Kirsten Stinson- Successful Sourdough: Creating a Thriving Starter | Josh Thomas Permaculture Design | ||||
| Outside grass | Brandon Sheard Farmstead Meatsmith Hog Butchering Demo | Brandon Sheard Farmstead Meatsmith Hog Butchering Demo | Ivan Keim Amish Shed Build Demo | Ivan Keim Amish Shed Build Demo | ||||
| Arena | Rory Feek Songs & Stories | |||||||
| Saturday, July 1st | 8:30 to 9:00 | 9:00 to 10:30 | 11:00 to 12:00 | 12:00 to 1:30 Lunch | 1:30 to 2:30 | 3:00 to 4:30 | 4:30 to 5:30 Dinner Break | 5:30 to 7:00 |
| Building 25 | Opening Ceremonies | Dr. Patrick Jones Herbs for Livestock | Joel Salatin PMA's Making Money on the Homestead Without the Red Tape | Robyn Jackson Family Milk Cow 101 | Q&A Roundtable | |||
| Building 1 | Daniel Salatin Grow More – Ways to Generate More Crops By Working With Other Farms | Melissa K. Norris Grow a Year's Worth of Food – Strategic Gardening | Carolyn & Josh Thomas – Family Homesteading: Involving Children So They Love It! | Anne of All Trades Time Management & Prioritizing What's Important for a Thriving Homestead | ||||
| Building 2 | Azure Standard Setting the Standard for your Health- Know What's in Your Food | Joe Putman Premier 1 Supplies Picking the Right Fencing for Your Livestock | Esther Munroe Elderberry: Natures Medicine Chest | Jerry Miller Build a Community like the Amish | ||||
| Building 3 | Ashlee Rowland The Importance of Saturated Fats for Women's Hormones | De Converse Sustainable Alternative Feed Sources | Kay & Jordyn Portage View Farms Greenhouse Gardening 101 | Ashley Baar Beekeeping on the Homestead- Steps for Sweet Success | ||||
| Jacklin Square | Dr. Chris Boman The Link Between Petro-Chemicals, Pesticides, & Chronic Disease | Nikki Conley Profitable Homestead Business w/ Value Added Products | VIP Only Dinner with Story Telling by Rory Feek | |||||
| Outside grass | Brandon Sheard Farmstead Meatsmith Hog Butchering Demo | Brandon Sheard Farmstead Meatsmith Hog Butchering Demo | Ivan Keim Amish Shed Build Demo | Ivan Keim Amish Shed Build Demo |
Location
Kootenai County Fairgrounds
The second annual Modern Homesteading Conference 2024 is taking at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds in Coeur d’Alene, ID. These beautiful grounds are spacious and provide plenty of room!
Coeur d'Alene is known for its gorgeous lake, mountains, ranches, and hiking trails. Perfect for exploring before or after the conference or extending your stay for some rest and relaxation or an adventure!
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