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06/05/2026

So let’s talk about labels at the grocery store!

Starting to homestead or just trying to make small changes for your family but not wanting to feel overwhelmed start by reading labels. If you CANNOT read and understand something on the ingredient list- don’t buy it! If it has chemicals and additives that cannot be pronounced- don’t buy it! Yes I’m looking at my Diet Coke ingredients. I’m dealing with that I promise!

Homework-reaearch GRAS “ generally regarded as safe” start reseaching how thousands of ingredients are added to our food supply with a promise to keep us healthy- 🤞

Understanding GRAS can help you as you look at labels and decide if the ingredients are good for your family!

Another way to learn more about your food supply is to join us at the Central Arkansas Homestead Conference as we tell you ways to eat clean and give you an outlet to meet your neighbors and develop relationships to purchase clean food!

📅 April 16: 9-5pm
📅 April 17: 9-5pm
📍Conway Expo Center
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Come join us at the Central Arkansas Homestead Conference for two exciting days filled with learning, hands-on demonstrations, and community!

06/03/2026

Well my dive into our food system, had taken me down a rabbit hole- looking at the antibiotics that are in our food, the chlorine our eggs and chicken are washed in before transport and the labels we put on foods!

With the amount of beef and food that passes through the windows of our popular fast food giants, simple changes even slight changes could impact our entire food system! It could change the gut biome of our entire society, reducing the major illnesses! But they won’t make the necessary changes because it’s not cost efficient!

What can I do? Use your money to vote- each time you drive up to a fast food restaurant you are voting to keep the antibiotic filled meat in the hand of your family!

What can you do? Frequent places that use antibiotics less often. Notice I didn’t say antibiotic free- 🤔

Ask questions and let your money vote and change our food system!

I added the Chain reaction report from 2021- it was interesting to see the results from 2017 and the companies that decided to change things and the restaurants that went down!

https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/chain-reaction-vi-restaurants-antibiotic-use-2021-execsum.pdf

Learn more about our food system and ways to change your family food system by attending the Central Arkansas Homestead Conference!

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05/29/2026

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05/29/2026

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05/29/2026

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05/29/2026

Come out and get some BBQ, kettle corn, pork rinds, or rootbeer floats!

05/29/2026

05/25/2026

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05/22/2026

I found an article that gives you ideas about where to start when deciding to start this homesteading journey.

Skills- seems like you need to learn all the skills, but saying that can be overwhelming! You could alwalys divide and conquer with each member learning a different skill! Or just marry someone that can do all of these🤪

Homesteading is about learning new ways- some could say learning old ways- to live and be self sufficient.

Biggest take away I would add is start small and slowly add skills! Maybe pick two per month and really work on being successful in the two instead of getting overwhelmed learning so many things at once!

So many of these were taught at the Central Arkansas Homestead Conference! Be sure to join us next year to learn more!

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Whenever I meet someone early on in their homesteading journey that's feeling overwhelmed by all the different new skills there is to learn, I'm quick to remind them where I started. Both my husband and I were born and raised in the city. We had little to no exposure to agriculture. Our families did

05/22/2026

"A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." — Maya Angelou

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