How They Store a Year of Homegrown Food for a Family of 8

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A family of eight can eat homegrown food all year when growing and storage work together. In Episode 916 of Savage Perspective Podcast, Robert Sikes talks with Staci and Jeremy Hill about raising six kids on an 11-acre homestead while producing meat, milk, eggs, and vegetables. They explain water-glassing eggs, canning, fermenting, freezing, freeze-drying, fast-chilling raw milk, and using five refrigerators and six deep freezers. The Hills also share how they left town in small steps, teach their kids through farm work and homeschool, and earn income through agritourism. Watch to learn how small steps can fill a pantry, cut food waste, and keep homegrown food ready beyond harvest season.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Raw Milk Safety, Testing, and Digestion

3:21 - The Cooling Rule for Better Raw Milk

5:08 - Machine Milking and Sanitation

8:22 - Making Every Dairy Staple at Home

10:12 - Why Raw Milk Laws Still Exist

12:55 - Spoiled Milk, Clabber, and Shelf-Stable Dairy

16:07 - Raising and Preserving Nearly All Their Food

17:36 - Water Glassing Eggs for 12 to 18 Months

20:07 - Freeze-Drying Meat and Saving the Fat

21:19 - KuneKune Pigs and Farm Agritourism

24:33 - From City Life to an 11-Acre Homestead

26:21 - How Six Kids Keep the Homestead Running

28:22 - Homeschooling Through Farm Life and Business

33:03 - Real Food vs. Ultra-Processed Decline

36:34 - Starting Small With Food Independence

39:05 - Best Starter Animals for Self-Sufficiency

43:59 - Selling and Processing Farm-Raised Meat

48:47 - The Preserver's Garden and Seasonal Growing

52:48 - Seven Preservation Methods and Fermentation

56:34 - Food Storage for a Family of Eight