FarmHopLife Podcast

I have today Jake Wolki of Wolki Farm in Austrailia. He shares how it all started with his dad's hobby farm, buying the butchery, adding product & livestock, The Beef Initiative, homeschooling, teenage years on the farm, and a lot more! Recorded on February 19th, 2023 Wolki Farm website Wolki Farm Twitter Wolki Farm Facebook Wolki Farm Instagram Wolki Farm TikTok FarmHopLife website FarmHo...

Toolman Tim talks about his previous experience with homesteading, gardening, canning, little farming. What happened, why he doesn't do it anymore, and will he try it again? We also talk about Grandma's recipe's, hunting with dad, being broke, DIY, freedom through entrepreneurship, and getting sh*t done. "My wife and I moved from NS to AB a nearly a decade ago and left poverty behi...

What would you do if shit hit the fan today? Good mindset to have to help prioritize your needs now before the event actually happens. Was going to cover all six areas (food, water, shelter, health & sanitation, energy, communication) but each area will probably have it's own episode. This is just about communications. We can help each other. Ready, set, prep!  Christopher de Vidal on MeWe...

Ken Eash and I talk about finding community, lots of losses, mangalitsa pigs, meat goats, refining what works, finding your purpose, and near death experiences. Ken and his wife Carmel live on a small farm in Burkesville, KY. Between raising Golden Retrievers, goats, and bacon seeds, they each also have a full time business. Ken, in construction, and Carmel in house cleaning. They also find time t...

January is gone. What'd you do? We talk about oil drilling in Alaska, chicken feed conspiracy, Chinese spy balloon, and lot's of other nonsense. Christopher de Vidal on MeWe SecureCoop website [DISCOUNT CODE IN EPISODE] Homestead of Payne on Twitter Homestead of Payne on Instagram DeweyLikeDonuts on TikTok DeweyLikeDonuts on Instagram Thriving The Future website Thriving The Future Twitter...

This is our pilot series on our 20x23 project, to visit 20 homesteads in 2023. I’ll explain more later. I visited my friend Joe Senger’s house to make some deer sausage and catch up on lots and lots of stuff. Please excuse the audio quality at some parts, I’m still working through the finer details. Previous interview Part 1 Part 2 Tour Graze and Roam website Graze and Roam Instagram Graze and Roa...

What would you do if shit hit the fan today? Good mindset to have to help prioritize your needs now before the event actually happens. Was going to cover all six areas (food, water, shelter, health & sanitation, energy, communication) but each area will probably have it's own episode. This is just about health and sanitation. We can help each other. Ready, set, prep!  Christopher de Vidal...

What would you do if shit hit the fan today? Good mindset to have to help prioritize your needs now before the event actually happens. Was going to cover all six areas (food, water, shelter, health & sanitation, energy, communication) but each area will probably have it's own episode. This is just about SHELTER. We can help each other. Ready, set, prep!  Homestead of Payne on Twitter Homes...

How was your 2022? Wins/losses? What does your 2023 look like? How will you achieve these goals? Christopher de Vidal on MeWe SecureCoop website [DISCOUNT CODE IN EPISODE] Homestead of Payne on Twitter Homestead of Payne on Instagram Long Story Farms on Twitter Long Story Farms on Facebook Thriving The Future website Thriving The Future Twitter Thriving The Future Youtube FarmHopLife website FarmH...

What would you do if shit hit the fan today? Good mindset to have to help prioritize your needs now before the event actually happens. Was going to cover all six areas (food, water, shelter, health & sanitation, energy, communication) but each area will probably have it's own episode. This is just about water. We can help each other. Ready, set, prep!  Homestead of Payne on Twitter Homeste...

What would you do if shit hit the fan today? Good mindset to have to help prioritize your needs now before the event actually happens. Was going to cover all six areas (food, water, shelter, health & sanitation, energy, communication) but each area will probably have it's own episode. This is just about food. We can help each other. Ready, set, prep!  Christopher de Vidal on MeWe SecureCoo...

First thing we did to make money, first W2 job, worst job, and most interesting job. Someone was almost blown up at the Olympics, someone was mistaken for a porn company, and someone was filming the Super Bowl. Recorded on 12-5-2022 Christopher de Vidal on MeWe SecureCoop website [DISCOUNT CODE IN EPISODE] Homestead of Payne on Twitter Homestead of Payne on Instagram DeweyLikeDonuts on TikTok Dewe...

Recorded on October 5th, 2022 Scott Miller of Thriving the Future had me on his show to talk about our 20x23project and how it all started. Scott has actually become a good friend since then. Be sure to follow him and check out his other episodes! Thriving The Future website Thriving The Future Twitter Thriving The Future Youtube FarmHopLife website FarmHopLife #20x23project FarmHopLife links

Saving seeds, swapping seeds, creating hybrid plants, hybrid chickens, almost extinct sheep breed, and more! Christopher de Vidal on MeWe SecureCoop website [DISCOUNT CODE IN EPISODE] Homestead of Payne on Twitter Homestead of Payne on Instagram DeweyLikeDonuts on TikTok DeweyLikeDonuts on Instagram Pure Bama Apparel by DeweyLikeDonuts Thriving The Future website Thriving The Future Twitter Thrivi...

Crazy, off the rails talk, trying to define what is an echo chamber? How's it different than a hive mind? And is this Men's Forum a circle jerk? Plus, We get into conspiracies because we can. Christopher de Vidal on MeWe SecureCoop website [DISCOUNT CODE IN EPISODE] Homestead of Payne on Twitter Homestead of Payne on Instagram DeweyLikeDonuts on TikTok DeweyLikeDonuts on Instagram Pure Bam...

Recorded 11-17-2022 Matt and Kaitie talk about our #20x23project for FarmHopLife. What is it, how it started, our grant application, failed promo, new job, conflicted feelings, and now what? FarmHopLife website FarmHopLife #20x23project FarmHopLife links

What relationships would this thinking apply to? Is recognizing a relationship as transactional a bad thing? What about giving or generosity? We discuss Christopher de Vidal on MeWe SecureCoop website [DISCOUNT CODE IN EPISODE] Homestead of Payne on Twitter Homestead of Payne on Instagram Long Story Farms on Twitter Long Story Farms on Facebook FarmHopLife website FarmHopLife #20x23project FarmHop...

Recorded on November 10th, 2022 Tonight my guest is Jess of Living Tiny Homestead on TikTok where she promotes living simply and within your means, ditching the idea of needing expensive things to be happy.  We discuss her and her husband losing their jobs, how they converted a shed to a home, surrogacy, waterglassing eggs, trying new things, and the hardships of being apart from your spouse. Livi...

"Under the Influencer" discussing the people who have a platform to say something to encourage others to do something, either positive or negative. Could be Donald Trump on "Stop the Steal", Andrew Tate on whatever it is he says (never listened to the guy), Joel Salatin on starting a farm, or Wendell Berry on perspective of small town America. The other half will also be questionin...

Recorded November 4th, 2022 Tonight my guest is Chicken Whisperer.  Master of colorful language. There's your explicit warning!  He's on the space coast. Never even thought about trying to homestead until 3 or 4 years ago... Got chickens the first year, put a lot of time into learning about them, had knack for it. Added ducks and had more plans, but last year slowed them down. Started cann...

Recorded on October 27th, 2022 Guest tonight is Scott Miller of Thriving The Future Podcast, finding positive solutions to thrive in the tough times ahead. Scott is in NE Kansas. We talk about getting out of the city, making compost, community, learning crypto, not being an expert, what is Thriving the Future, and a whole lot more! Thriving The Future website Thriving The Future Twitter Thriving T...

Time. Money. Energy. We can only get so much of each, so how do we choose what gets done? Christopher de Vidal on MeWe SecureCoop website [DISCOUNT CODE IN EPISODE] DeweyLikeDonuts on TikTok DeweyLikeDonuts on Instagram Pure Bama Apparel by DeweyLikeDonuts Grant Payne on Twitter Grant Payne on Instagram FarmHopLife website FarmHopLife #20x23project FarmHopLife links

Recorded on October 21st, 2022 My guest, Grant Payne and I talk about starting small, scaling up, bartering, free materials, making things pay for themselves, going back to school, and a lot more! Grant, 21, did both homeschooling and public school did competition shooting when he was younger. After he graduated high school in 2019, he picked up gardening and that snowballed into the aspirations t...

Social media is pretty toxic, but it also has it's uses. We discuss doxxing, harassing billionaires, creating community, and so much more! Christopher de Vidal on MeWe SecureCoop website [DISCOUNT CODE IN EPISODE] Homestead Padre on Twitter Smith Homestead website Long Story Farms on Twitter Long Story Farms on Facebook FarmHopLife website FarmHopLife #20x23project FarmHopLife links

recorded August 1st, 2022 Spontaneous chat that discussed the NICU, pepe, lots of chickens, grifters, content creators, drugs, and a whole lot more