Success StorySuccessful Homesteading Series
Successful Homesteading Series
Author: Chelsea Sapp
Planning Unit: Marion County CES
Major Program: Community Vitality and Leadership - ANR
Plan of Work: Core Program Area: Agriculture
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
Marion County has seen an increase since COVID-19 pandemic in the number of individuals and households that want to homestead. People are interested in eating healthier, cleaner and growing / doing most of the work themselves. This series focused on six areas of homesteading consisting of: bread making, goat soap making, cleaning products, growing your own vegetables and canning, beekeeping and small ruminant farming.
This program reached 60 people total ranging from high school to middle aged adults. To host this series, I worked with our FCS agent, local beekeepers group and local small farmer.
Provide a Statement of Outcomes or Program Impact. This program has impacted several interested in homesteading to start small and begin to implement homesteading and self- efficient practices in their life. The participants gained valuable resources and learned new skills to help them succeed. As result of the bread making class, two participants made more homemade bread and expanded into learning how to make sourdough bread.
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