In episode 28 we are joined by Lanni from Greener Postures. Lanni is an expert in food preservation and canning. These are skills of old which enabled families to survive without a refrigerator and preserve their harvest so they could survive hard winters. Today, many of us have sadly forgotten that such skills exist, and just how valuable they are for ensuring our survival during hard times.

This is one of the reasons I wanted to get Lanni on the show. Knowing as we do that hard times may be ahead of us and food will almost certainly be a component of any future hardships…there has never been a better time to relearn the food preserving techniques of old. Age old wisdom that enabled our ancestors to survive hardships like the Great Depression and during times of cyclical hardship, like hard winters or periods of poverty.

In part one Lanni takes us through her history and explains what led her to homesteading and particularly canning and preserving, before going into a discussion on the benefits of using our food this way. Included in this we get into fermenting, canning, raw milk, food health and safety culture….and much more! Then in part 2 the rubber really hits the road as I get Lanni’s take on the Great Depression 2.0 and what she thinks listeners can do right now to begin getting prepared for such a scenario.

This one is full of practical advice and tips that we could all do with brushing up on before the coming winter. For those of us who want to take this knowledge even further Lanni has a series of fantastic workshops over on her website where she will teach you personally the skills she has been perfecting over the past decade. For more information check out the links below!

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