SELF RELIANCE FARM
Sustainable
Ecological
Learning
For
Resiliant
Environmental
Leadership
Inspiring
Actionable
Natural
Cooperative
Entrepreneurship
"A single twig breaks but the bundle of twigs is stong"
- Chief Tecumseh
"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children"
- Sitting Bull
"If you really want to change something, don't fight the existing system, create a new system which renders the old one obsolete"
- Buckminster Fuller
Natural/Green Building
Cob , Straw Bale, Adobe, Found and Reclaimed Timber, and Earth Bag are all different types of Natural Building techniques we hope to teach at the Farm in the form of 3-4 week workshops building a 250sqft cottage.
Herbs & Healing Medicines
Learning about the many herbs and plants in our region and their medicinal and healing properties is a vital thing. We will have courses on identifying and preparing these natural healing plants in a variety of ways. We will be making tinctures, salves, tonics, decoctions, essential oils and more!
The Country Kitchen
Come learn/teach about natural food preservation methods like, canning, pickling, smoking, drying food with the sun and making preserves. These courses will also include instruction on preperation of local, edible wild plants, how to make wines, cordials and ferments as well as soap making and more!
Wilderness Skills
Making Fire, Making Utensils and Tools, Traditional Tracking and Hunting Methods, Skinning & Brain Tanning Hide, Reading Weather Signs, Wilderness First-Aid and more.
Bees and their Bounty
Did you know there are dozens of ways to use Raw Honey? From healing wounds to restoring shine and health to your hair to boosting your immune system and calming indigenstion. Honey is packed with vital nutrients and enzymes and in this class we will learn all about about Honey, and most importantly how to "make" it, or rather how to take care of Bees properly , including building Bee friendly habitats, so that they can make it for us, as well as pollenate our gardens, giving them thst special "buzz" !
This course will bee ongoing! Covering everything Bee-Related from Hive Care to Honey Harvesting to Pollen, Propolis, Beeswax and Royal Jelly.
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