Why Preppers Do What They Do

[@JefferySimmons-s2q]

I bought the Mega5 because of your video and used your banner to purchase it. I absolutely love it!

[@billierichter1379]

110 acres here, 1/2 mile driveway into the woods, carnivore, surrounded by family with hundreds and hundreds of acres. I know how to grow food, know how to hunt, process, and cook meat. Have chickens for eggs and goats for meat and milk. I make cheese and butter...cousin and uncle raise beef, and we are willing and very able to protect it all. We're good.😁

[@kaykool9589]

Carpenter here. Can you use any help?

[@billierichter1379]

@, no, but thanks. My husband is very proficient at doing that type of work also.

[@suemee1328]

Sounds like a wonderful, blessed homestead 🙏

[@feisty181]

We feel the same, but what about who our kids are going to end up with? My girls are amazing self-sufficient homestead kids. I have yet to see any worthy young men in our area that can hold a candle to them. We have land for and because of our children. My girls milk, hay, hunt, can, cook, forage etc. They don’t do social media, so they are not going to find anyone that way, either. My oldest says she’s probably just going to become Amish.

[@suemee1328]

@@feisty181 I totally get that, as I raised 2 myself.

[@ChristinaBreit]

I've been a vegetarian for about 25 years now. I've seen how things are going and I've decided I NEED to be able to eat meat. It has been actually really tough, started with chicken broth, then cooking with beef tallow, over months I'm finally able to eat some meat without being sick!! I realize soon we'll be eating whatever we can get! (I do have a small homestead with ducks, chickens and a large garden).

[@debbiekrueger5576]

I just eat as healthy as I can..grow what I can as we’re on less than 2 acres..& older. But I try to source my meat from local farmers..we do raise chickens. Tried lamb (ground) for the first time this year & pressure canned for the first time. Not off grid but know how to survive.

[@Bluegill_Hill]

I had a convo and they said, "humans are the only species that consumes klim as adults." I said, "because we can. Leave a bowl of it anywhere outside and check how many adult species consume it."

[@dulahdaglace]

this was a major theme about how many wanted the klim in Animal Farm

[@adm6785]

Idk…. I’ve got adult cows who steal from their “friends”. Pretty funny to see them in action. 😂

[@jeffpanico3785]

I’m surrounded by my 15 acres. God‘s blessing to me and my family. Pray the leaders of this world get it upside the head with a bucket of common sense much needed and in short supply. God said it best love one another do good to each other.

[@cbk1232]

Growing leafy greens under led lights for the winter.everything else is frozen or canned from the summer garden

[@GoosePondHideoutWithRob]

The movie you share near the beginning of this video is also one of my all time favorite movies too. Yes to war klim.

[@JSGenesisDesigns]

i did carnivore for a year, i buy my beef hanging in the farmers locker, and raise my own chickens and turkeys for meat and eggs. so simple to eat healthy when you provide it on the homestead.

[@elizabethpeterson8597]

Zac, it's not oooop-eees, it's O-pus. O as in Ohio and pus as in what comes out of a sore. And I think most people are just trying to get by day-to-day. As a 63-year old female with no family, I can't run a homestead by myself. I follow a whole food animal-based diet, about 90% carnivore, and have seen a remarkable improvement in my health, including 80 lbs. down. In the end times, which we are now in, folks, especially in the Torah Observant community, are going to have to come together instead of behaving like it's every man for himself. That is, IF they have a thought in their head about and want to see their elderly brothers and sisters survive. We have knowledge, skills, and abilities that we can contribute, and our generation typically exemplifies character traits such as honesty, integrity, and a willingness to work. And some of us have substantial physical preps as well.

[@josephbrand7556]

I'm changing as much of my grocery shopping to local farmers as possible. Fresh local produce and meat grown at the right time and the right way.

[@TheWannabeOutdoorsman]

Working on it Zach. Been listening to you for years and Working towards it. This year I began practicing gardening making mistakes losing heart and then sucking it up and planting more. This year taught me much. Shalom 🤗 🏕🇺🇸💪🔫

[@LouiseOrtman-n7r]

I am in canada and a postmaster in the middle of a postal strike I've been super cleaning my building and knitting while I watch and listen to utube it's fabulous people are freaking out about their mail ya right their amazon and it's wild to watch them has anyone prepared NOPE I rural too and this mystifies me

[@rocklickranch2804]

Thanks Zach! I’ll say it because you can’t. RAW MILK RAW MILK RAW MILK!!! We have an Amish family that we’re good friends with and we get raw milk from them. Keep it up brother. Shalom

[@suemee1328]

It is the BEST!! 👍👍👍👍

[@matt8578]

Got to admit though, it's quite entertaining watching Zac dodge the YT censors while getting his point across. He's basically got his own language.

[@utopicconfections5257]

We butchered 27 turkeys in the last couple of days. I have one in the roaster right now, testing it for thanksgiving. I'll serve it with all homegrown veggies from my garden and wash it down with war klim. It takes work but my dependence on the government feeding me is small. By government I mean - the government controls how, where, when food products are grown, the taxes, gasoline to the store. I can preserve and grow whatever I want and nearly none of it can be purchased in any store.

[@allofthefruits]

Vegan here🙋‍♀️Absolutely love this! You are 100% accurate here, I’m fairly certain my lifestyle would be obliterated without homesteading when the big upset happens. That’s why we work today to prepare for tomorrow.

[@AgnesMariaL]

Dirty carnivore, here! (I indulge in carbs about once a week, and we do love our pickles and salsa, so consume a bit of those on occasion, as well.) We went off-grid into the middle of the woods on 335 acres in 2021 and now raise all our own meat :) Veg is just SO challenging to grow - more often than not, we wind up growing lots of chicken and pig food (brassicas loaded with cabbage worms, for example), but we're A-OK with that!

[@terryhardaway3285]

Shabbat Shalom, This Sabbath is Chayei Sarah, "the life of Sarah," Bereishit, (Gen.) 23:1-25:18; 1Kings 1:1-31; Acts 7:1-69. Theme: 3 funerals, and a wedding, Solomon confirmed as successor. Baruch Hashem! Am Yisrael chai, Baruch haba b'shem Adonai! Be well and be Blessed! A fellow sojourner

[@steevs7912]

I'm not in the big cities but I am in a town at the moment. When I am able to get chickens I will. Worst case scenario for me if things go bad quickly is there are usually deer. I also have a massive amount of salt since I make kimchi regularly before the last bit is done. I had one batch ferment so well that, after 8 hours, I burped it and it sounded like a soda can. There was this ghastly mist that rose and it sounded like rice Krispies, or that popping candy.

[@steevs7912]

I also started my jar with the garlic, local honey, and Korean red pepper flakes yesterday and I can already tell it's starting to ferment. NGL I'm def an omnivore. I don't like grains much at all. Is there a health benefit to them that I can't get from other sources? I had one pear for breakfast and plan on using veggies for lunch. Dinner will be a goat meat stew. I also eat peanuts and a nut mix I make for when I'm at work. I just wasn't sure if I really NEEDED grains. Time to time I buy Dave's bread or use mung bean noodles but ever since I was DX as prediabetic refined sugars and grains don't interest me. I can even make Reese's mock candies that taste much better but usually the only sugars I get are from the fruits or foods themselves. I rarely cook with brown sugar, even, unless it's a particular meal or Asian dish that someone wants, like lo mein.

[@utopicconfections5257]

During the Depression deer and wildlife were nearly hunted into extinction, at least to the point that we now have to get tags for in season hunting. I would expect that to happen again if there were another depression. I guess, my point is that it maybe very difficult to hunt and bring home dinner.

[@steevs7912]

@@utopicconfections5257 True. And it would only be for a season. Maybe two if I break my foot, again, and can't keep the garden up. I had big plans and was on a boot and crutches for about 6 weeks. Normally I produce a decent amount. This last spring/summer/fall was rough for me

[@nathannewell5512]

Shabbat shalom from Rogers, Arkansas.

[@southernyankeeprepper]

These people outside this community will never get it . They have no clue how easy everyday life can collapse...from the first day of purchasing my home day 1 i went from 10yr prepper to homesteader immediately

[@joyceterra2265]

Carnivore. I have acreage with chickens and ducks. We sold all the cows when we moved. We are getting the infrastructure in place for cows. Have thought about a couple if goats but with all the negativity I have heard surrounding them, have put that on hold. I agree with you. City folks are going to he in a world of hurt when this all hits the fan. I pray for the best but prep for the worst. The big thing that city folks lack are self-sustaining skills. So even if they run out and buy land, they do not know the first thing about setting themselves up for success. That is generally speaking. Look at the covid shut down in this country and how Ill prepared the majority of folks were. There was a lot of panic buying until local govts stepped in and were shuttling food from the markets for people. The people in this country are living in a vacuum and unfortunately will be the baned of existence for those who are prepared.

[@AgnesMariaL]

Smart to hold off on goats! They are a nightmare to contain - they'll actually play leap-frog to get over a 6' high wall! Pigs are really easy keepers, and sheep are a calmer, easier alternative to goats ;)

[@joyceterra2265]

@AgnesMariaL Thank you. I am in the process of building a barn to house pigs on one side and sheep on the other. I have also been looking into the Highland Cows as well. They are adorable little guys and gals.

[@AgnesMariaL]

@joyceterra2265 Pigs actually don't require a barn (most animals don't, unless you need to lock up for predation reasons), and it's really not a great idea to keep them in one, due to their sheer strength and determination should they ever feel the need to get out. We rotate our pigs through the forest (we bought a woodlot), and they just choose a thicket or grove for their shelter. When we do have them in a more open area, we provide a simple shelter. Like I said, pigs are easy keepers! Two or three strands of hotwire is all you need, and as long as they have forage, feed when necessary, and water, they won't test the lines!

[@joyceterra2265]

@AgnesMariaL We enclose them at night because of 1. We have mountain lions and 2. Due to extreme winter weather. We do open up for them to go out every morning. Of course since we moved, we do not have them right now but that routine we will get back into. The other thing is that our average snowfall is 7 ft. We have to be able to shut them into the barn to clean out the corral/pasture areas. They will have to be confined to certain areas as I will not run other animals in the areas that pigs have lived in. They deposit trichinosis into the soil and other animals will become infested. So I keep them sort of isolated. I have never had a problem with them breaking out but they are never fully blocked into a barn, they have free roam during the day. Thanks for the heads up though.

[@dimondDave100]

Truth said. Solar panels will help cut coasts and everything you said and i have to get my ham license. I have plenty of ham equiptment and C B radios with antennas for all. It is wise to have back up radios as well. Great video

[@AgnesMariaL]

Idk if you're aware, but don't need HAM license if you need to use it for an emergency!

[@BB-ri1vg]

Josh have you seen the news article that just came out about the bill that was just filed at the state capitol in Arkansas that would change state law to no longer prohibit off site sales war klim? Just read the article from kait8 news. It's a start.

[@HomesteadRealtor66]

That is the best you can drink and make cheese and butter and yogurt and stuff with .. people think they are lactose intolerant and it’s the pasteurized klim..

[@NightwatchN8]

AGREED! I believe God has been calling his people out of the big cities for some time now .. Judgement is coming, and you won't want to be surrounded by ungodly people during societal collapse

[@FuriosaSonoran]

Not sure about gawd... I'm a devout agnostic, and my calling to leave suburbs and cities permanently began 2013-2015... I'm grateful I do live on acreage in the desert currently, unfortunately, the land is not mine- but the trailers are (rural areas are seldom heavily regulated)... it is definitely not easy. People do not want a hard scrabble life, but it's worthwhile to me because it's authentic, and provides prized solitude.

[@vincevoland7056]

What you are forgetting with the "bean" protein ... you have to eat rice with the beans. Only 7 of the 9 essential proteins are in Beans. The other 2 are in the rice.

[@kjvmama]

I just snorted my drink out of my nose when you held up that sign Zach 🤣🐽🤣 Got my own goaties for war leche & my homie provides me with vacas war klim for Paula Dean spread & queso. My chooks bless me with butt nuggets, warm meals and dog food. My boy loves to bring in the big bucks🦌. I’ve got the protein part down… now time to work on the fruit and veg aspect of this life. I’m on 1 acre with neighbors I wouldn’t trade for! Life is good but working to make it better, all the time 💝

[@PlantPapaJohn]

Hiking and staying active can go a long way to longevity and quality of life.

[@reality_is_the_key]

I agree. Its a cure all..or cure most lol

[@brendah4773]

1:18 agree agree agree!!

[@popuphomesteadlivingoffgri8606]

Good video, I've been preaching and teaching this for years. It makes me happy to see so many new homesteaders.

[@scottp3287]

Build your own power generator. more storage, more power and much cheaper. Better capabilities so many ways.

[@thatguychris5654]

Glad to see peanuts so high on the protein list. I accidentally discovered that they are ridiculously easy to grow and store. The purchased ones might be cheap right now, until they're gone and never restocked.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

I love Peanuts but I've learned if you eat too many too often they can cause plantar fasciitis.

[@barbaramahan364]

​@@Anamericanhomesteadbrother you have just solved a problem for me ❤ I eat peanuts really often, like daily, thinking they're at least better than junk but I have been suffering with the plantar fasciitis. Wow. I will cut them out starting today and see what happens. Thanks!

[@thesmiths629]

I'm shifting my homestead efforts towards Carnivore because of serious autoimmune and neurological issues I'm dealing with. How much meat do you get per lamb? And how many lambs a year per ewe? I'm considering trading half my dairy goats out for meat sheep. I grow a heavy calorie garden for my family, but I have to stay keto to not have seizures.

[@utopicconfections5257]

A sheep will have usually 1 lamb the first year and typically 2 after that. A lamb born in the spring and butchered in the fall will typically weigh 120-130lbs before slaughter.

[@brandynash1409]

My mom used to have seizures too. My best friend also had a brain tumor. Deworm for tapeworms using praziquantel.

[@AgnesMariaL]

As much as I LOVE LOVE LOVE sheep, we have struggled with them - there are just SO many things that can kill them, and even with all the hours of research I did prior to getting any, we have had many hard lessons! If you are looking for a quick and easy animal to raise, my recommendation would be to start with pigs :) Depending on what you have for land and how much land, you will likely have to supplement with commercial feed, but pigs average about 8 piglets per litter, two litters per year: keep one or to per litter to raise up for meat, then sell the rest to cover your costs :) Another really good livestock option that I truly wish I had ventured into twelve years ago already when I was still on my tiny, rented one acre, is rabbits! The cost input for them are very little to none (you can grow veg for them or put them in tractors to forage rather than buying hay and pellets), they are super-easy to process, and omg SO delicious!!!

[@elizabethloger1326]

I pay $12 a gallon for War Kilm. I know its crazy! Im still crunching the numbers and weighing the costs on my own dairy goat.

[@utopicconfections5257]

We pay $5/gallon, a friend down the road has a family cow. Goats and sheep are fairly inexpensive to raise and feed. You can also process and eat any lambs or kids. Dairy goats are on our wish list.

[@suemee1328]

$6.50/gallon

[@mio.giardino]

Actively looking for land we can afford without going into debt/mortgage.

[@AgnesMariaL]

If you can find something seller-financed, that is a good option. Another option would be to seek out a couple others also looking for land and co-purchase. Like, if you have only $10k and the best you can find for that cash outright is only 2 acres, but if 100 acres is $50k... well, with four other co-purchasers now you're getting 20 acres instead of just two!

[@AlvinKazu]

Dutch Meadows Farm is decently priced if you buy it direct... I used to get it shipped, it was $20ish a gallon, now it's a bit more.

[@reality_is_the_key]

Holy cow. We get it for $6/gallon up here in NH. Goat or cow. Now we have heifer calves so we'll be in milk RAW MILK by next winter I hope

[@BEAdventurePartners]

This was amazing! Totally agree! When I was gluten free and vegetarian… I would have died without the grocery store. Especially when I first started, because I was dooped by clever marketing. I caught on fast. Kinda like all these dumb Keto treats in stores now. Lol

[@vongimbelgroup]

Technically the phrase is not backwards, only the words in the phrase. If the phrase was backwards it would be milk raw or klim war. The second is the words and phrase are both backwards. 😁 I love war taog klim. We can get I from the pet stores here. I keep getting it for my cat, but end up drinking it all, lol. I have been eating meat based. More like "bear diet" carnivore plus some berries. You are correct. In times of chaos and famine, it would be a less sustainable lifestyle. I may at those times have to resort to eating starvation/prisoner food. I am grateful that when that day comes that I will have had as long as I have eating well, and building a much stronger and healthier body so that the famine period does not have as long to effect me negatively. As opposed to eating so poorly all my life up to the famine, and then survive on less. I can also get really good at fishing. However, one can sustain themselves rather cheaply now on a carnivore diet. You can buy ground beef instead of ribeyes. Ground beef, eggs, and sardines in water. It would cost way less than the standard American Diet, or the 1-2 lbs of every vegetable a day you would need to attempt to get enough bioavailable nutrients as a vegan only to have your brain shrink in 5 years anyways due to the lack of essential animal fats. There I also outside the box options, like becoming a butcher to be around, get paid for and trade skills for the meat or working on a ranch. But you're correct... logical conclusion.

[@JK-jf7xq]

You make good points. 🙂

[@soliel8999]

I'm a mother of 7 on my own because of abandonment. We (my teenage sons and I) are building a tiny house and a homestead on some family land in southern Illinois. We planted 40 fruit trees last spring and I just got 65 chickens. I recently tried carnivore for two months and loved it, so now I'm thinking of getting some cows. I bought my off grid cookstove today. Things are coming along, as far as the usual sense of "sustainable" anyway. But, I'm struggling with coming to terms with America itself being any longer sustainable. I'm praying about taking my little brood and immigrating to Russia as that country appears to be turning to Christ and putting outright Christian values into their laws and constitution. Maybe it sounds crazy since we all were raised on all the Red Dawn propaganda, but actually a lot of homeschooling, large families are doing this and I cant get the thought out of my mind. So praying. I certainly don't feel much hope for America in the long run.

[@AgnesMariaL]

Do you follow countryside acres at all on yt? They're a large family (8 or 9 kids) who were homesteading in Ontario, but they recently moved to nizhny-novgorod. They have done a great job of documenting their transition into Russia, and the Russians are very welcoming people! Russia also has programs for helping new immigrants, and even programs for free land (the Russia far east program). I have both Russia and Mexico on the back-burner if Canada ever becomes unliveable; we only stayed because of our grandchildren.

[@jflu79]

Could say it in "pig latin" 😂 I absolutely agree with u Sir!

[@brendah4773]

6:53 oh my land…. Looks amazing ❤😜

[@whitneyworrell469]

Nothing wrong with going carnivore for health. Thats what our bodies need. But i do agree that they're screwed if things get really bad. I had to go carnivore because of having diabetes, but i live on a homestead which makes it easy to be a carnivore. Raw milk and all the products that come with that, beef and chicken in the freezer at the ready, and chickens for fresh eggs every day. These people dont realize what they're in for when the bad happens. Also i will still be growing a garden and preserving, plus hunting and putting that up because you just never know when the bad is going to happen.

[@allensummers7905]

Eat seasonally!! Forage/Hunt/Produce your own!! All esteem to Yahuah 🙌

[@kerryl4031]

Hemp seeds are nice, they taste nutty. I add them to my chicken feed - they love them. It isn't the naughty version! I'm an omnivore. We have 4 acres and grow veg and have ducks and chickens.

[@LeavingTheMatrix-2.0]

I could never live in the cities for the reason of being reliant on someone else for food and other things. The big city people would be the most dangerous. That is common sense thinking. We will not starve, they will. To bad the government has forced many to the city. On purpose of coarse. Forcing to go to collage to be successful. Propaganda to it's fullest. A simple life is a life worth living.

[@kaylavillalobos1779]

What’s your favorite way to eat kefir? Any approx recipe? Thanks!

[@Deb-s6q]

Love these types of videos but for the life of me I can't figure out why broadcast to the world ones safe haven instead of quietly storing away for " That day "

[@pisgahfarms6241]

We get our war klim from a local for $6 a gallon our beef from a friend who raises cattle and actually pay a lot less per lb from what we would pay at Walmart. Much better too

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

I just finished processing a deer and last week I put up six ducks and three chickens. My freezer is full and my canning shelves are stacked. Will be back in milk next spring. I'm an omnivore, the way we were intended to be.

[@AgnesMariaL]

We're actually opportunistic carnivores, like the canids ;) A true omnivore would be something like pigs or poultry, and their systems are not like ours. While the pig's APPEAR similar (we raise and process our own pork), their stomachs and digestive tracts are massive compared to ours!

[@lonniemcmanners6296]

I'll stay an omnivore and in our house biscuits and gravy will still be a food group. We don't grow and raise everything we eat but we do most of it.

[@peggykasper924]

This happened within 90 miles of where I live. I’m so glad I have chickens. I’ve been gardening for 60 years. Next spring I’m planting plants that comes back every year. Also my 2 acres has edible weeds and other plants that most people don’t know you can eat. The only thing I wish is that I could have got my husband to move farther out.

[@amymartin7508]

Love it. War klim is the only way I won't use creamer. Need someone closer to let me in because we can't seem to commit to a jersey. Too many cows, chickens, pet rabbit,dogs and cats and gen x. We'll be fine. i tincture and stock medical. we grow food. Bees too. Mostly carnivore, rare carbs. I won't eat away from home. Bought a multi charge cooler.. nope, I'll eat what I brought.

[@Wildhorses707]

I was raised on cow "War Kim" all my childhood. My parents had a dairy farm. Then my son was raised on organic goat milk from age 3 to 6 years old. I had to go to there goat farm & learn how to milk their dairy goats ...Later I raised organic beef calf on the goat milk ...split the meat with that family..😊The best life for a child !

[@reality_is_the_key]

I've stopped trying to convince people to make even small changes to their lives of convenience. I used to try to help people or inspire them to learn new skills, but I don't anymore. I know that sounds horrible, but their brains simply won't allow them to give up easily remedied "habits" such as buying baked goods, where they could put in the effort to learn to bake themselves. They want my goat cheese, but they don't want to learn to make it. Its so easy! I don't get it.

[@tammyharder7488]

Hey, hi everyone I I joined the patreon membership last week, Downloaded the pdf on the books, thanks very much, but all the videos are locked for me? Am I doing something wrong? I'm new to patreon and not very tech savvy so I assume it's me .

[@Anamericanhomestead]

As long as you're logged in, you should have access to everything. If you're still having issues, send me a message on my website contact page and I can try and help this week.

[@stevea.8816]

You don’t have to tell me, l started out like my cousin Vinny and over the course of 20 years at least l could survive a lot of things the normies couldn’t. And l still go to the City if l come down from Upstate and l can make it there also. I have a long way to go but l at least saw the light. The most dangerous thing in the City are the women, you will be putty in the hands if you don’t watch out.

[@poodledaddles1091]

👍

[@nwrealteam]

There are multiple reports regarding the launch of a ballistic missile in East Asia. Some say ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) others say IRBM (Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile). There's a big difference. However the fear generated either term is equally effective. DD

[@rocklickranch2804]

@@nwrealteam The thing about this ICBM or IRBM is that it was a MIRV Multiple Independently targetable Reentry Vehicle and Russia claims that it’s a hypersonic missile capable of mach 10.

[@HomesteadRealtor66]

That is the best you can drink and make cheese and butter and yogurt and stuff with .. people think they are lactose intolerant and it’s the pasteurized klim.. get a jersey cow.. the best milk ever

[@subdawg1331]

Quail and rabbits

[@Wildhorses707]

Goats can be naughty & even mean! One male dairy goat (are much bigger)would sneek up on me, butt me so so hard it would knock me down & spill the milk. Next thing I know,...we were eating that goat with Skip the owner was singing a song he made up about that goat to make us laugh! They butchered there own goat meat, chickens, guineas, geese ducks, etc. eggs...I could NOT kill them...but I could help learn how to butcher after the animal or bird was killed! I made myself watch at a distance chicken butchering at a Homestead Conference but still haven't made myself "do-it" yet!

[@tyleru4773]

Shalom brother. Why don’t you post anything about Torah/Yeshua stuff anymore? Just curious

[@frankbollotino2270]

Zack the way things are going it may not matter where you live.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

There are crazies everywhere but historically, people in rural areas fair far better and survive much longer.

[@Ohmanwhyyourfeelingshurt]

Real peppers have skills and can utilize them. For show ones do it to look "healthy"

[@AgnesMariaL]

Your typo "peppers" gave me a giggle! We all know that the good peppers are spicy and not to be messed with 🤣🤣🤣

[@annarbor9400]

Spotted lanternfly is now present in Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and West Virginia. Its threat continues to reach further west and grow more intensely in existing areas.

[@matt8578]

My wife and I eat vegan at the house. Not because we believe in the power of being vegan, but because we believe in the power of not doubling our grocery bill for a few pounds of meat. By vegan I don't mean we buy that processed "plant based protein" crap. Actual vegetables. I have more confidence in sourcing unmolested vegetables than I do meat in terms of not depositing my wallet in the incinerator. Also, I'm hearing that people are finding chicken at walmart that have bruises on them, for example. Maybe I'm overreacting, but a bruise is essentially damaged blood vessels. Life is in the blood, etc. Until my wife and I get our homestead property and chickens and quail like my grandfather did, I'd prefer not eat crap quality meat until then. However I'll drop some dollars for some good quality meat once in awhile.

[@AgnesMariaL]

The bruises come from the way they were raised and processed, it's a shame :( When I started learning about where our food comes from and how it's grown/raised, I made it my mission to become a homesteader! It took me over a decade, but doing it now! FYI, if you go carnivore, you only need to eat once a day/every two days. It's actually WAY cheaper than vegan just based on that! A tin of sardines - a perfect whole food - costs what, $1.50? Yet as a hard-working 150# homesteader, a tin of sardines is sufficient for my daily meal! Or, four eggs cooked in butter or lard with shredded cheese; or, a third of a 750 ml jar of canned pork... Carnivore is WAY cheaper than vegan! Especially when you consider that cheap crap like bologna are actually HEALTHY BECAUSE it contains connective tissues and organ meats! And the nitrites? Pfft - we've been lied to on that front! What is vital for optimal blood circulation? 🤔 Could it be nitric oxide? 🤔🤔 how do we make that, without consuming nitrites??? 🤔🤔🤔

[@matt8578]

@@AgnesMariaL I was reading a book about how much meat you really need and it also mentioned that you do not need to eat meat nearly as much as the american food pyramid says you do. More like, 4-16 ounces a week. I also remember reading somewhere that B12 depletes very slowly, so the amount of meat to sustain it is not a bank busting amount. I have nothing against meat - I still eat it. I just got done with chicken tortilla soup just before responding to this actually. I'm just backing off until I have a better education on choosing higher quality meats. When my grandfather had his farm, I'd help out growing up and it spoke to my soul. I loved it. I was the only grandkid that did out of the whole bunch. A shame, that. Those quails and chickens lived their best lives and were quite happy I'd say. Makes a difference in the quality of meat for sure.

[@AgnesMariaL]

@@matt8578 My dad - who went full carnivore after having a triple-bypass at age 83 - sent me a video the other day. The doctor interviewed in the video repeatedly stated that the ONLY organisms that can break down plants are bacteria! And when you look at the herbivores, they ALL have feementation chambers, whether it's the multiple stomachs in ruminants, or the hind gut in the monogastric herbivores (which need to eat some of their poop in order to keep that gut seeded). The ONLY way we can extract nutrients from plants is if we first ferment them, such as making sauerkraut or sourdough bread - otherwise, we are simply sending useless material through our digestive tract that only irritates our gut while poisoning us with various toxins (lectins, saponins, phytates, etc). When you look at our physiology, right down to the tiny stomachs we have and the acidity of our stomachs, humans ARE carnivores, and we are wasting energy while creating health issues (such as IBS and diabetes) when we attempt to use plants as a food source.

[@Jenniferdaviswellness]

So many lifestyles aren’t sustainable. Having my own land is my goal. It seems out of reach as a single mom so we shall see.

[@AgnesMariaL]

Not out of reach, but certainly more challenging :) Building a homestead from scratch is A LOT of work, so you absolutely will need to get your kids involved - either that, or find a good partner :) Best of luck to you!

[@Silverbuffs]

Love my war klin

[@SteadyCreations]

🙏💞🙏💪😎💪

[@ALMOSTHEAVEN304]

AI DETECTS LAUNCH ON WAR KLIM😂 OMG NO MORE CHEESE PUFFY'S IN THE CITY😱

[@supramby]

I have not heard the clotty clot clot shot is being put in the food. This is a first. Breaking news

[@AgnesMariaL]

Back in 2021 they were experimenting with getting it into lettuce. Now we have birdy and piggy sniffles, and they have the technology ready for at least the piggy sniffles for all the cafo pork, but of course we won't know if and when they are actually using it, and I suspect that they have been already, based on the record speed of "operation warp speed".

[@suemee1328]

I'm an omnivore on 13 acres. 😂

[@michaelboling7159]

IRBM

[@bubbaredneck75]

bet WOPR is freaking out right now lol

[@ChrisTopher-zo1vg]

WAR KLIM does a body good!!

[@Amanda_Wilkerson]

I like all food, so not vegan, vegetarian or carnivore

[@wildervibes]

Did An American Homestead just mention Bitcoin???? :p

[@SsDiBoi]

I think ima need a few cows, cause i fkn luv steak

[@stevesaylor8448]

Nice fear based advertisement

[@bobcatarizona4840]

War kilm

[@JK-jf7xq]

Every time you say "Oupes" all I hear is "oopes daisies." Are you sure you're saying it correctly? 😅