Old School Survival Boot Camp Instructors

 N Y Times bestselling author, adventurer, influencer, entrepreneur, wilderness survival skills instructor, DAVE CANTERBURY HAS POSTED OVER 1900 SELF RELIANCE-THEMED INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS ON THE WEB. HE HAS OVER 750,000 SUBSCRIBERS WORLDWIDE AND OVER 85,000,000 VIDEO VIEWS. HE HAS A FOLLOWING OF ALMOST 2,000,000 ACROSS 4 SM PLATFORMS DAVE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN NEW PIONEER, AMERICAN FRONTIERSMAN MAGAZINES, BUSHCRAFT AND SURVIVAL MAGAZINE (COVER) AND BACKWOODSMAN (COVER). DAVE'S BOOK BUSHCRAFT 101 IS ON AMAZON BEST SELLER LIST AND HAS BEEN FOR OVER 7 YEARS, AS WELL AS BEING A 2 TIME NY TIMES BEST SELLER AND HAS BEEN TRANSLATED TO 6 FOREIGN LANGUAGES. HE HAS 6 OTHER PUBLISHED OFFERINGS AS WELL IN THE BUSHCRAFT SERIES THROUGH SIMON AND SCHUSTER ON AMAZON AND IN BOOKSTORES WORLDWIDE. HE IS ALSO A MILITARY VETERAN (1981- 1988), CO-OWNER OF THE PATHFINDER SCHOOL LLC IN SE OHIO AND HAS STUDENTS WORLDWIDE IN THIS CAPACITY HE HAS ALSO TRAINED MEMBERS OF MOST LE GOVT GROUPS, AS WELL AS MANY SPEC OPS TROOPS IN THE US MILITARY. THE PATHFINDER SCHOOL IS LISTED AS ONE OF THE TOP 12 SURVIVAL SCHOOL IN THE U.S. BY USA TODAY. HIS METHODOLOGY FOR SURVIVAL IS BASED ON WHAT HE COINS THE 5C’S OF SURVIVABILITY; THESE ARE THE 5 ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN USED CROSSCULTURALLY FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO AFFECT SURVIVAL. DAVE IS ALSO THE COOWNER OF SELF RELIANCE OUTFITTERS, PATHFINDER KNIFE SHOP, AND PATHFINDER FORGE AND TOOL CERTIFIED OPEN WATER DIVER (PADI) CERTIFIED 6 SIGMA BLACK BELT CERTIFICATION IN ADVANCED SEARCH AND RESCUE WILDERNESS FIRST AID/CPR CERTIFIED AS AN EXPERT TRAPPER BY THE FUR TAKERS OF AMERICA.  

 HAKIM IS A PRIMITIVE OUTDOOR SURVIVAL EXPERT BEGINNING AS A STUDENT IN THE U.S. ARMY SURVIVAL, ESCAPE, RESISTANCE AND EVASION (SERE) SCHOOL. AFTER THE MILITARY, HAKIM WENT ON TO RECEIVE ADVANCED SURVIVAL TRAINING AT EARTH CONNECTIONS SURVIVAL SCHOOL (VA) AND HAS SINCE BEEN HONING HIS SKILLS AROUND THE WORLD. HE IS NOW RECOGNIZED AS A WORLD-CLASS SURVIVAL EXPERT, THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL-LEVEL AFRICANAMERICAN SURVIVALIST IN THE COUNTRY – SPECIALIZING IN SURVIVAL, DEFENSE AND ESCAPE TACTICS WITHIN BOTH WILDERNESS AND URBAN ENVIRONMENTS. A COMBAT VETERAN OF THE IRAQ WAR, DEPLOYING DURING BOTH OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, HAKIM SERVED AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS SERGEANT IN THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES UNIT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. A FIFTH DEGREE BLACK BELT IN TO-SHIN DO (MODERN NINJUTSU) AS TAUGHT BY WORLD-RENOWNED AUTHOR, BLACK BELT HALL OF FAME MEMBER AND AMERICAN NINJA MASTER STEPHEN K. HAYES. HAKIM IS ALSO A FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTIST AND TEACHER HOLDING THE RANK OF CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR IN FCS KALI AND GURO IN BLACK TIGER KALI. CO-FOUNDER OF SPIRIT QUEST, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AIMED AT ASSISTING AT-RISK YOUTH, AND FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE SOIL FOUNDATION, A WILDERNESS THERAPY AND RETREAT NON-PROFIT DEDICATED TO HELPING OUR NATION’S HEROES AND YOUTH COPE AND RECOVER FROM EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES. A BOARD MEMBER OF THE RAPE CRISIS VOLUNTEER CENTER IN HIS HOMETOWN, HAKIM HAS SERVED AS A CONTINUING EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR VOLUNTEERING COUNTLESS HOURS TEACHING A WOMEN’S SELF-DEFENSE COURSE THAT HE DEVELOPED CALLED ASSAILANT COUNTERING TACTICS (A.C.T.). HE ALSO DEVELOPED A MILITARY AND SPECIAL TEAMS COMBATIVE SYSTEM – BATTLEFIELD PROXIMITY COMBAT (B.P.C.) – AND A LAW ENFORCEMENT SELF-DEFENSE TACTICS COURSE – HANDS ON SUBJECT STRATEGIES (H.O.S.S.) – WHICH HE HAS TAUGHT TO MULTIPLE MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. PROPRIETOR OF ELEVO DYNAMICS A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT, 24-HOUR FAMILY GYM & MARTIAL ARTS FACILITY (A DOJYM) LOCATED IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA . 

 THE RESISTANCE CHICKS ARE SISTERS, LEAH AND MICHELLE SVENSSON, WHO RUN A SUBURBAN FARM AND HOMESTEAD IN SOUTHERN OHIO. THROUGH THEIR NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST, THEY WANT TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH TOOLS TO STAND UP AGAINST TYRANNY FROM EVERY DIRECTION. THEY HAVE A WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE AND THEIR GOAL IS TO BRING REAL, RELEVANT NEWS, WITH A SIDE OF CRAZY AND LAUGHTER TO HELP THE RED PILL GO DOWN. THEY STAND FOR A RIGHTEOUS AMERICA, THE ONE OUR FOUNDING FATHERS BLED AND DIED FOR AMERICA THAT THE PILGRIMS SACRIFICED EVERYTHING TO GAIN. HAVING BEEN BOTH EDUCATED VIA HOME SCHOOL AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL, THEY SEEK TO UTILIZE THEIR YEARS OF STUDY ON THE HISTORY AND OUR FOUNDING FATHERS IN HOPES OF RIGHT THE REVISIONIST HISTORY LIES WE’VE ALL BEEN TAUGHT THROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOL INDOCTRINATION. THEY END EVERY SHOW WITH THEIR SAYING, “IT’S NOT JUST A CONSPIRACY THEORY IF IT’S THE TRUTH” BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION. 

 CHIEF JOSEPH AND DR. LARALYN RIVERWIND LARALYN- CO-FOUNDER, FIREKEEPERS INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADOR, GEORGIA TRIBE OF EASTERN CHEROKEE GLOBAL AMBASSADOR TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, PHILCOIN NATUROPATH & MASTER HERBALIST, WWW.THERIVERWINDS.COM NAMA (NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD) AWARDWINNING RECORDING/PERFORMING ARTIST (THE BLESSED BLEND) 

 JOSEPH - CHIEF JOSEPH RIVERWIND IS A DOCUMENTED ARAWAK TAINO FROM THE ISLAND OF HIS BIRTH BORIKEN (PUERTO RICO). HE WAS APPOINTED BY HIS TRIBAL COUNCIL AS A TAINO PEACE CHIEF IN 2014 AND HE SERVES HIS PEOPLE AS THE AMBASSADOR OF THE DESCENDANTS OF PUERTO RICO'S FIRST NATIONS. HE IS ALSO REPRESENTING HIS PEOPLE AS A VOTING MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS IN WASHINGTON D.C. JOSEPH IS ALSO OF SEPHARDIC JEWISH (BNEI-ANUSIM) ANCESTRY FROM NORTHERN SPAIN WHOSE ANCESTORS FLED THE INQUISITION. HE IS AN HONORABLY DISCHARGED U.S. ARMY ACTIVE DUTY AND NATIONAL GUARD VETERAN 

 JOHN TIMMS IS A LIFE-LONG STUDENT AND EXPLORER OF THE FOREST. FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO SOUTH EASTERN OHIO, JOHN’S YOUTH WAS SPENT IN THE FOREST. UPON GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL JOHN ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY AND EARNED THE M.O.S. OF 19 DELTA, CAVALRY SCOUT. JOHN TOOK TO “SNEAKING AND PEAKING” LIKE A FISH TAKES TO WATER. IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, JOHN HAD MASTERED ALL THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO PERFORM HIS DUTY AND DEVELOP MANY OTHER SKILLS THAT WOULD FINE TUNE HIS ROLE AS A SCOUT. FROM DESERTS TO MOUNTAINOUS HIGH COUNTRY AND JUNGLE ENVIRONMENTS, JOHN LEARNED TO BECOME ONE WITH HIS SURROUNDINGS AND EXECUTE HIS MISSION REGARDLESS OF TERRAIN OR WEATHER CONDITIONS. JOHN RECEIVED MEDALS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND COMMENDATION FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS. AFTER LEAVING THE MILITARY THE WORLD WAS IN THE PEAK OF THE COLD WAR. MOST PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF WHEN WE WOULD FIGHT A WAR WITH THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AS APPOSED TO “IF” WE WOULD FIGHT “THE WAR”. WHILE JOHN PURSUED HIS FIRST DEGREE HE ALSO STUDIED, PREPARED AND PRACTICED THE SKILLS OF A “SURVIVALIST”. AS THE “IRON CURTAIN” FELL, JOHN HAD ALREADY BEGUN TO PURSUE ANOTHER OF HIS PASSIONS, HISTORY. JOHN, NOT BEING ONE TO LEARN PASSIVELY HE LEARNED BY DOING VIA, HISTORICAL REENACTING, EXPERIMENTAL ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORICAL TREKKING AND TEACHING. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE 20 PLUS YEARS JOHN PURSUED THESE PASSIONS WAS SPENT WITH HIS FELLOW VETERANS IN “HOBB’S COMPANY, OF HIS MAJESTIES INDEPENDENT COMPANY OF RANGERS." THIS FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR COMPANY OF PROVINCIAL RANGERS, TRAINED AND LIVED AS THEIR HISTORICAL COUNTERPARTS. TRAINING ON THEIR OWN EVERY MONTH REGARDLESS TO WEATHER CONDITIONS, THEY MASTERED THE SKILLS AND ACCOUTREMENTS OF THE 18TH CENTURY RANGER. THE COMPANIES DEDICATION WAS NOT UNNOTICED AND WAS ASKED TO LEAD A NUMBER OF 18TH CENTURY RANGER SCHOOLS. THE COMPANY WAS ALSO RECRUITED TO PARTICIPATE IN SEVERAL (5 TO BE EXACT) HISTORY CHANNEL DOCUMENTARIES. THIS LATER WENT ON TO PARTICIPATING IN DOCUMENTARIES FOR NATIONAL AND STATE HISTORICAL SITES. AS THE COMPANY DISBANDED, JOHN BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH GERRY BARKER OF “FRONTIER RESOURCES”. FRONTIER RESOURCES TOOK HISTORY TO AN EXTREME LEVEL OF EXECUTION AND DEDICATION. ALTHOUGH JOHN PARTICIPATED IN MANY ENDEAVORS WITH THE GROUP, THE HIGHLIGHTS WERE “THE CHEROKEE CAMPAIGN” AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 18TH CENTURY TRADE STATION “MARTINS STATION." THESE WERE COMPLETE EMERSION ENDEAVORS. WEAR ONLY 18TH CENTURY CLOTHING, THEY WORKED USING ONLY 18TH CENTURY TOOLS, MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES, WHILE MAINTAINING AN 18TH CENTURY WORK SCHEDULE AND DIET. THESE WERE LONG TERM COMMITMENTS THAT WAS AS CLOSE TO TIME TRAVELING AS ONE CAN GET. JOHN’S KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS HAD BECOME AS MUCH A PART OF WHO AND WHAT HE WAS AS ANYTHING HE HAD EXPERIENCED IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD. JOHN HAS NOW TRANSITIONED INTO YET ANOTHER PHASE OF HIS LIFE AND PASSIONS IN THE FORM OF CONTEMPORARY BUSHCRAFTING AND WILD CAMPING. THE MERGING OF THE NEW WITH THE OLD HAS BECOME YET ANOTHER WORLD FOR JOHN TO EXPLORE. HE SHARES HIS JOURNEY THROUGH HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL, BOONEDOCKERY.

 SUZANNE SHIRES, creator of the Simple Homestead Living website, AUTHOR OF 'WILD HERB GARDENING' AND 'WILD FOOD RECIPES FROM BEYOND THE GARDEN GATE' , IS A NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE HOMESTEADER AND CERTIFIED HERBALIST. SHE GREW UP IN A LARGE FAMILY WITH ACRES OF GARDENS, HARVESTING AND PRESERVING FOOD AS NATURALLY AS POSSIBLE. SHE BEGAN CANNING WITH HER MOTHER AT SEVEN YEARS OLD AND LEARNED SUSTAINABILITY FROM ‘MOUNTAIN FOLK’ GRANDPARENTS. BEING AMONG THE FIRST GENERATION IN HER FAMILY TO BE BORN IN A HOSPITAL, SHE GREW UP WITH GRANNY-WOMEN WHO FOUND WAYS TO HEAL FROM THE PLANTS AND REMEDIES OF APPALACHIA. HER HOMESTEAD NOW IS A HAPPY LITTLE MIX OF CHICKENS, GOATS, VEGETABLE BEDS, COLD FRAMES, HERBS GARDENS AND FRUIT ORCHARDS DESIGNED MAKE THE MOST OF A SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE. OVER THE YEARS SHE BEGAN A SERIOUS EDUCATION INTO HERBALISM AND NUTRITION, INCLUDING FORAGING WILD FOODS AND MEDICINES, FERMENTING, WINEMAKING, FINDING NUTRITION IN WILD FOODS, AS WELL AS HOMEMADE VINEGARS AND HERBAL REMEDIES. SUZANNE’S FOCUS IS ON HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE PREPPING AND WILD FOOD SURVIVAL. SHE BELIEVES PREPPING IS MORE THAN JUST STOCKING INSTANT FOODS IN A PANTRY. AND IT TAKES MORE THAN JUST CALORIES FOR US TO THRIVE IN SURVIVAL SITUATIONS. BEING ABLE TO QUICKLY REPLACE NUTRITIONAL FOOD IN A TIME OF DISASTER IS KEY. AND MAKING SURE THAT FOOD IS HEALTHY, DELICIOUS AND PLENTIFUL AS WELL AS FRUGAL IS SO IMPORTANT IN ANY STRESSFUL SITUATION. SHE READILY PASSES ON HER FORAGING, HARVESTING AND PRESERVING ABILITIES, TEACHING OTHERS ABOUT HOW TO FIND FOODS, USING HEALTHY PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES AND MAINTAINING HEALTH WITH DIET AND HERBAL REMEDIES. 

  ON GUARD DEFENSE IS FEMALE OWNED AND OPERATED BY OHIO'S "GUN GAL" JUDI PHELPS. SHE DESIGNED THE BUSINESS WITH THE FEMALE AND NEW SHOOTER IN MIND TO MAKE IT SAFE, COMFORTABLE, AFFORDABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE. JUDI HOLDS VARIOUS CERTIFICATIONS INCLUDING NRA INSTRUCTOR, NRA CHIEF RANGE SAFETY OFFICER & COMMANDO KRAV MAGA LEVEL 2 SMART SAFE INSTRUCTOR. SCOTT IS JUDI'S "RIGHT HAND MAN" AND HUBBY. HE IS A PROUD MILITARY VETERAN AND AN ON GUARD DEFENSE INSTRUCTOR, NRA RANGE SAFETY OFFICER, AND NASP BASIC ARCHERY INSTRUCTOR (BAI). SCOTT'S DAY JOB IS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, SO HE IS RIGHT AT HOME SOLVING THE DAILY IT ISSUES THAT ARISE IN EVERY SMALL BUSINESS WHEN HE'S NOT HELPING IN THE CLASSROOM OR ON THE RANGE 

 ALPHASIXX FOSTER OF APLHA SIXX LLC AND HOLISTIC PREPAREDNESS SIXX FOSTER (KNOWN AS ALPHASIXX IN THE PREPAREDNESS AND PATRIOT COMMUNITIES) AND HAS BEEN PART OF THE SHTF PREPPING AND SURVIVAL WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK TEAM SINCE 2016. THE SHTF MOTTO OF “COMMON SENSE PREPAREDNESS” HAS HIGHLY INFLUENCED HER TEACHING AND COACHING THROUGH HELPING FOLKS SIMPLIFY TOPICS AND DISCUSSIONS TO BE BASED IN REAL LIFE SITUATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. SHE IS A HEALTH AND WELLNESS COACH IN-TRAINING AND IS LAUNCHING HOLISTIC PREPAREDNESS THIS YEAR WHICH FOCUSES ON PROVIDING EVEN MORE ROBUST EDUCATIONAL AND PERSONAL COACHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HER FANS AND FRIENDS TO HELP ROUND OUT HOW TO BALANCE LIFE AND PREPPING AS A SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE. SIXX - WITH HER ENTREPRENEUR HUSBAND AND 4 (HOMESCHOOLED) KIDS – LIVES PARTTIME IN INDIANA (URBAN) AND MICHIGAN (RURAL). THEIR FAMILY JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT THEIR PIECE OF LAND AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING THEIR CUSTOM BUTCHER SHOP, WORKSHOP, AND HAPPY HOME IN THE COMING YEARS WHILE GARDENING, RAISING ANIMALS AND KIDS TOGETHER WITH EXTENDED FAMILY NEXT DOOR. SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SITTING FOR HER NATIONAL BOARDS FOR NUTRITION AND HEALTH COACHING THIS YEAR WHILE FOCUSING THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR SOLELY ON HERBOLOGY. 

 MARY IS A MASTER HIDE TANNER WHO USES HIER TALENTS TEACHING WORKSHOPS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HAS RECENTLY CREATED AN ONLINDATA COORDINATOR AT ENCOMPASS MEDIA GROUP. SHE IS ALSO A MARKETING CONSULTANT AND CONTRACTOR AT EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING 

  RETIRED USAF SECURITY SPECIALIST WITH OVER FORTY YEARS’ EXPERIENCE IN SECURITY/LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BOTH MILITARY AND CORPORATE SETTINGS. CURRENTLY A SECURITY SPECIALIST/ACTIVE SHOOTER INSTRUCTOR FOR AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY. AIR FORCE EXPERIENCE INCLUDES GROUND LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILES, AIR BASE GROUND DEFENSE, EMERGENCY SERVICES TEAM AND PATROL BASE OPERATIONS. TRAINED SURVIVALISTS IN THE MID ‘80’S AND HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN PREPAREDNESS EVER SINCE. INSTRUCTS CLASSES IN BASIC PREPAREDNESS, MAP AND COMPASS, GETTING HOME AND TOOLS FOR AFTER THE GRID GOES DOWN . Jeff is the creator of The Everyday Prepper website.

  CHUCK AND DONNA HAVE BEEN LIVING AND WORKING AN ENTIRELY OFF GRID HOMESTEAD FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS. BOTH ARE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. DONNA WAS A NURSE AND CHUCK, IN ADDITION TO BEING A VETERAN, HAS WORKED AS A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, ICU, AND THE COVID WARD. DONNA IS AN ACCOMPLISHED GOAT KEEPER. HER HOMESTEADING EXPERTISE EXTENDS TO POULTRY BIRDS, AS WELL. SHE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO KNOCK THE OCCASIONAL HAWK OUT OF THE SKY WITH HER BARE HANDS WHEN HER FLOCK IS THREATENED.  

 DONN IS A MASTER AT HIS CRAFT AND OFFERS BLACKSMITH COURSES FROM BEGINNER TO JOURNEYMAN LEVEL. DONN WAGNER TRAINS IN THE AGE-OLD CRAFT OF BLACKSMITHING AS SEEN ON THE GAME OF THRONES AND VIKINGS AND MOST MEDIEVAL SHOWS AND PRE-1840'S HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. FROM YOUNG TO OLD DONN HAS A GIFT OF TEACHING HIS CRAFT TO THEM. 

 SHAWN AND BETH ARE THE AUTHORS OF THE INDEPENDENT FARMSTEAD, CHELSEA GREEN PRESS 2016, AND OF THE INDEPENDENT FARMSTEAD’S FIELD GUIDES TO INPUTS-FREE FARMING AND HOMESTEADING (LULU.COM), AND ARE PUBLISHED IN MOTHER EARTH NEWS, GRIT, HOBBY FARMS, AND PLAIN VALUES MAGAZINES. VIDEOS FEATURING THEIR WORK CAN BE FOUND AT LIVING WEB FARMS, HOMESTEADERS OF AMERICA, JUSTIN RHODES, ABUNDANCE+, AND THE SCHOOL OF TRADITIONAL SKILLS. THEY WRITE, TEACH, SPEAK, AND PROVIDE CONSULTATION SERVICES, AND CAN BE CONTACTED THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE ONECOWREVOLUTION.WORDPRESS.COM. THE HOMESTEAD PIG: FROM PIGLET TO PORKCHOP LEARN ABOUT THE QUALITIES WHICH MAKE THE HUMBLE PIG THE QUEEN OF NUTRIENT STORAGE ON THE HOMESTEAD. WITH A PIG ON THE FARM, EVERY SURPLUS CALORIE HAS A PURPOSE. SHAWN AND BETH DISCUSS FARM-PRODUCED PIG FEEDS, PASTURING AND PENNING, LOWTECH SHELTER AND WATER, BREEDING, AND ON-FARM BUTCHERING. LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE TRADITIONAL, NONELECTRIC, SELF-REPRODUCING FOOD STORAGE UNITS. EVERY HOMESTEAD NEEDS A PIG! BEATING THE FEED BILL BLUES: (ALMOST) INPUTS-FREE HOMESTEADING SICK OF YOUR FEED BILLS? DISCOURAGED TO FIND HOW EXPENSIVE YOUR ‘HOMEGROWN’ FOOD TURNS OUT TO BE? USE YOUR OWN SUNLIGHT AND FORAGE TO POWER THE WHOLE FARM. EASY-TO-GROW ANIMALS FEEDS AND INTENSIVELY MANAGED FORAGES ARE THE BASIS OF HOLISTIC, LOW- TO NO-INPUTS FARMING. THE SMALL FARM – WITH A COW, A COUPLE OF PIGS, A FLOCK OF HENS AND A GARDEN – THAT SUSTAINED THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD FOR CENTURIES IS STILL CAPABLE OF DOING SO – WITHOUT PURCHASED INPUTS! LEARN THE NATURAL PATTERNS OF ENERGY FLOW THAT LET YOU BEAT THE FEED BILL BLUES 

 JON AND RACHEL of Dusty Goat Homestead OWN AND OPERATE A SMALL CHICKEN HATCHERY THEY ARE THE CO-FOUNDERS OF GULF COAST HOMESTEADERS MEET UP, AN EVENT THAT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND TEACHES ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF HOMESTEADING, CHICKEN AND PORK PROCESSING, BREAD MAKING, DOG TRAINING, FARM BUDGETING, RAISING LIVESTOCK, GARDENING, FOOD PRESERVATION, COMPOSTING, ETC.. THEY ARE THE CO-HOSTS OF KEEPERS OF THE OLD WAYS, AN EVENT FOCUSED ON EDUCATION OF THE OLD WAYS OF DOING THINGS...BEFORE TODAYS TECHNOLOGY. SKILLS THAT IF WE DONT PRESERVE AND CONTINUE TO TEACH WILL DIE WITH OUR ANCESTORS. JON HAS WORKED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRECTIONS FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS, 15 YEARS IN A MAX PRISON AND 5 AT THE COUNTY JAIL. HE IS A RANGEMASTER, FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR, HAND TO HAND COMBAT INSTRUCTOR, LESS THAN LETHAL MUNITIONS AND CHEMICAL AGENT INSTRUCTOR, HE IS ALSO CERTIFIED TO TEACH ALL CORRECTIONAL OFFICER CLASSES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FIRST AID. JON HAS TAUGHT IN THE CORRECTIONS ACADEMY FOR NEW OFFICERS/DEPUTIES, AND TAUGHT INSERVICE CLASSES. HE HAS 10 YEARS TEACHING LAW ENFORCEMENT CLASSES RACHEL WAS AN EMT AND SHE IS A 911 DISPATCHER. THEY ATTEND MANY EVENTS EACH YEAR TEACHING CLASSES ON EVERYTHING FROM RAISING CHICKENS, HOW TO BUILD A HOOP COOP, HOW TO HOMESTEAD ON AN ACRE OR LESS, GETTED STARTED PROVIDING YOUR OWN FOOD, LEARNING TO BE MORE SELF SUFFICIENT (COLLECTING YOUR OWN SEEDS FROM WHAT YOU GROW, RAISING REPRODUCIBLE MEAT BIRDS, HATCHING YOUR OWN CHICKS, MAKING YOUR OWN COMPOST, BIOCHAR, GROWING FOOD FOR YOUR ANIMALS ON A SMALL SCALE, USING THE NATURAL MATERIALS IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT. WE TEACH ALSO HOW TO MAKE A HOMESTEAD WORK WITHOUT THE BIG BOX STORES....IN THE EVENT THE STORES CLOSE, WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW TO DO THINGS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BUY EVERYTHING. 

Sarah Rodriguez of Rod Ridge Farms is the author of the Ultimate Butchering Guide and the Ultimate Preserving Guide To Fill Your Pantry. She has been homesteading for over 30 years.

 TAD IS A LONG-TIME AND ACCOMPLISHED RELOADER. AND GUN DEALER. IN HIS RELOADING CLASS YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS OF RELOADING AMMUNITION OF VARIOUS CALIBERS IN HIS DEMONSTRATION STLYE PRESENTATION. YOU WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE SUPPLIES AND TOOLS NEEDED WHEN SETTING UP A RELOADING AREA AT YOUR LOCATION - AND HOW TO DO SO SAFELY. THIS CLASS IS FOR ADULTS AND SUPERVISED CHILDREN AGE 10 AND UP 

 JON HAS BEEN A COLLOIDAL SILVER MAKER AND TEACHER FOR MANY YEARS. IN THIS CLASS HE WILL TEACH YOU NOT ONLY HOW TO MAKE COLLOIDAL SILVER ON YOUR OWN AT HOME, BUT ALSO HOW TO USE IT SAFELY 

 SHANTELLE IS A FARMING GRANDMA AND SELF TAUGHT HERBALIST. SHE IS SHARING HER LOVE OF USING ESSENTAIL OILS AS NATURAL REMEDIES at Old School Survival Boot Camp. 

Sean is a retired Ohio State Highway Patrol Officer and master beekeeper.

  JIM IS THE CHIEF AT BIG RAPIDS TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE HAWS LONG BEEN INVOLVED IN SELFRELIANCE AND BUSHCRAFT 

  JIM AND LEIGHTON HAVE EXTENSIVE HISTORY IN TEACHING FOR INDIVIDUALS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND COLLEGE PROGRAMS. THEY TAUGHT MICHIGAN CONCEALED CARRY TO CIVILIANS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. THEY TAUGHT FIREARMS TACTICS TO WORKING AND CADET POLICE OFFICERS FROM THROUGHOUT MICHIGAN. BOTH INSTRUCTORS ARE NRA INSTRUCTORS AND TRAINING COUNSELORS. OTHER CREDENTIALS INCLUDE NRA POLICE FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR, MICHIGAN POLICE FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR, OHIO POLICE FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR, MICHIGAN EMS INSTRUCTOR, MICHIGAN FIREFIGHTER INSTRUCTOR, RED CROSS INSTRUCTOR, MASTERS’ DEGREE (X2). BACKGROUND INCLUDE LEO, FIRE, EMS, REG NURSE, COLLEGE PROFESSORS AND MORE. 

 MEAGAN AND ROBBIE ARE RURAL FOLKS WHO ROBBIE SOWERS GREW UP FISHING, HUNTING, AND MAKING THE MOST OF WHAT THEY HAD OR COULD MAKE.