HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS
Sourdough Workshop with Jane Clarke
Jane has been baking her whole life, but found sourdough as an adult and fell in love. Sourdough can be overwhelming and intimidating, and she wants to support and empower people to discover how accessible and versatile it can actually be. Jane lives in Nashville, TN with her husband and two children whom she homeschools. She teaches nature education classes for pre-schoolers through Nashville Nature Explorers, as well as mending classes and sourdough baking classes. In her free time she loves to hike, read, knit, and bake!
Herbal Workshop with Leslie Gossett
Leslie is an herbalist, naturalist, forager, and educator. Her mission is to support people in finding their way back to the wisdom of our ancestors. She started the School of Earth and Awe to teach people how to recognize that natural food and medicine are abundantly available all around us. She offers classes, workshops, and consultations.
You can find her teaching schedule at www.schoolofearthandawe.com/events
PROTECTION AND WORKING DOG TRAINNG ALONG WITH K9 FIRST AID (TCCC)
Jennifer Sparkman is the owner and operator of Our Shepherds Shepherds, a premier kennel specializing in Set Apart Dutch Shepherds and K9 training. Since founding the company in 2016 with her husband, Michael Sparkman, Jennifer has established herself as a professional Master K9 Trainer with a reputation for excellence.
During this demonstration, Jennifer and her team simulate various real-life situations, such as home defense, family protection, and search and rescue operations.Jennifer is now including with her team “TCCC K9 to her owners and clients with family protection dogs, home defense dogs, and working dogs.
Composting Workshop with William Bond
Composting is one of the most integral parts of food sovereignty. William has had extensive training in compost from the master himself, Geoff Lawton. He will be sharing the 18-day composting method and the Chick Tractor on Steroids method perfected by him and his dad, Billy Bond of Permapastures Farm. Bring your notebooks and your questions, he will have the answers!
Chicken Processing Workshop with Matt Wilkinson
Matt Wilkinson owns and operates Wilkinson Poultry Processing in rural Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Matt, a retired high school teacher, now travels the United States demonstrating how to humanely and professionally process all things agriculture, including: beef, hogs, sheep and poultry. In addition, Matt has launched his own Youtube channel on homesteading called “Homesteading Italian." The show educates and entertains the viewer on all aspects of modern homesteading, while leaning into Matt’s Italian heritage.
BASIC KNIFE USE AND BUSHCRAFT WITH JACOB PETERSON
Basics of Knife Use & Bushcraft is a class that begins with teaching the foundation of knife use- making and keeping your blade sharp, and moves into the basic skills a person can use with that sharp knife to make the tools needed to be successful while in the wilderness
Learn Traditional Sausage And Bacon Methods
Cast Iron Cooking & Care Workshop with Greg Skeen
Canning with Lawrence McCoy
Over the years, Lawrence has cultivated his canning skills to one end...becoming self sufficient. He has made providing for his family, in any circumstance, a top priority. Food preservation is what he is most passionate about and he'd love to share his canning skills with you.
Bruce DeVriesThe Importance of Biochar on the Homestead
Bruce grew up in Colorado, skiing, and working ranches. He moved to the oil fields of west Texas at the age of 22 and realized he was lost and in need of a savior. After accepting Jesus as his savior and he was baptized a few weeks later. The following Fall he headed to LA for Bible college to pursue a new calling as a minister of the Gospel. Five years later, and the day after graduation, he married my wonderful wife, Darla and moved to Houston, TX to work as an associate Pastor. The next few years they moved to various places in Texas and Colorado, then, in 1992, landed in Nashville TN.
Over the last 40 years Bruce worked as a school teacher, principal, farrier, contractor, and leather shop owner/farmer. He opened his own leather shop north of Nashville. He is constantly improving his skills and expanding his leather working craftsmanship. Bruce and his wife wants to make genuine leather products that will last a lifetime and beyond.
At DeVries Custom Leather we strongly believe "if you can dream it, we can build it."
HOW TO SETUP YOUR BUGOUT VEHICLE FOR SUCCESS WITH BRIAN LOFTUS
Brians passion for Preparedness began more than 15 years ago. He spent 9 years training at several survival schools across the United States and earning his first Instructor Certification in 2015. These schools ranged from Spartan Americana with Joseph Teti to Israeli Tactical School where he earned his instructor certificate in Counter Terror & Instructor CQB. He has also trained at the world-renowned Pathfinder School.
Lock-Picking 101
Restraint Breaching and Escape
Dayton Bournique is a 17 year old Survival and Tactical skills instructor from Central Indiana. He is homeschooled and has a strong thirst for attaining knowledge. Dayton has taught at several conferences throughout the counrty over the last few years. His favorite classes to teach include: Restraint Breaching/Escape, Fire, and Lock-Picking. Dayton is also an aspiring knife-maker and blacksmith. You can connect with Dayton on YouTube/Facebook/Instagram page @Ballistic Mischief.
Suzanne Shires
Fermenting Wild and Domestic Foods for Health and Wellness
Think fermenting is difficult and time consuming? Not at all! Fermenting is fun, healthy, and surprisingly flavorful for otherwise bland survival diets that consist of MREs and poor-quality food. Learn how fermentation can wake up your taste buds and help those in your survival group to thrive. This age-old method of preserving food is a critical skill for maintaining food security. Suzanne will walk you thru the steps of lacto-fermentation (with salt) for vegetables and fruit, as well as touch on other methods of fermentation preservation.