Favorite Books
The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: The Complete Back-to-Basics Guide
Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance
Keeping a Family Cow: The Complete Guide for Home-Scale, Holistic Dairy Producers
The Independent Farmstead: Growing Soil, Biodiversity, and Nutrient-Dense Food with Grassfed Animals
The Vegetable Gardener's Bible
You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise
Favorite YouTube Channels
Justin Rhodes - Family Friendly Homestead Adventures
Sow the Land - Jason and Lorraine
The Hollar Homestead
Jill Winger - Old Fashioned on Purpose
Living Traditions Homestead
Living Web Farms
Farm Resources
Stockman Grass Farmer
Since 1947 The Stockman Grass Farmer has been devoted solely to the art and science of making a profit from grassland agriculture.
Website: https://www.stockmangrassfarmer.com
Greg Judy - Green Pastures Farm
Whether it's through sharing what's made us successful, providing access to the best grassfed and parasite resistant genetics, or offering equipment that makes your life easier, we're all about making your operation the best it can be.
Website: http://greenpasturesfarm.net/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gregjudyregenerativerancher
Books: http://greenpasturesfarm.net/books/
Greg Brann - Grazing Management Consultant
Greg is well known for his extensive knowledge of soil health, grass and livestock management systems, and plant identification. His deep understanding of plant communities as indicators of land productivity has made him a stead resource for land owners and managers passionate to understand nature’s ability to regenerate land.
Website: https://gregbrann.com/
Joel Salatin - Polyface Farm
Today the farm arguably represents America’s premier non-industrial food production oasis. Believing that the Creator’s design is still the best pattern for the biological world, the Salatin family invites like-minded folks to join in the farm’s mission: to develop emotionally, economically, environmentally enhancing agricultural enterprises and facilitate their duplication throughout the world.
Website: https://polyfacefarms.com/