The 2025 Traditional Skills Summit has wrapped up…
But learning takes a lifetime!
Skip the School of Hard Knocks
Join the School of Traditional Skills!
- Get unlimited access to every class (30+ and new ones all the time) for a full year
- Download Step-by-Step Skill Sheets for hands-on learning in the garden, kitchen, or pasture
- Join a welcoming online community full of helpful experts
- Ask questions and go deeper in exclusive member workshops and Q&As
Wouldn’t it be amazing to walk past the grocery store’s produce and meat aisles, knowing you don’t need to buy chemical-laden, factory-farmed, or lab-grown “food” ever again? Sounds like freedom!
Today’s food system is broken. Livestock are fed GMO corn and soy, pumped with antibiotics and hormones, and crammed into spaces never meant to hold that many animals.
And fruits and veggies are coated in pesticides and shipped so far they’re barely fresh.
True resilience comes from growing your own food and crafting nourishing, traditional meals right in your kitchen.
Imagine growing clean, nutrient-rich food in your backyard, raising healthy animals, and preserving it all to feed your family, no matter WHAT hits the world.
Food security isn’t something you buy, it’s a skill you build. But while you’ve tried searching Google and YouTube for homesteading tips, it’s a mess of conflicting advice, armchair coaches, and endless noise. All that trial and error isn’t just frustrating, it’s costing you time and money.
What if you could skip the chaos and take back control of your food and health?
At the School of Traditional Skills, you’ll get 34+ expert-led classes designed to save you time, prevent costly mistakes, and help you take action immediately so you can build a resilient, self-reliant life for your family.
Yes, it will take rolling up your sleeves, but we’ll help you reap the rewards faster.
Stop guessing and start doing. Join the School of Traditional Skills today, and get ready to grow, raise, and preserve your OWN food confidently!
“We are LOVING the classes!
They are very practical and thorough and show us how easily we could actually live out our dream of having a homestead.”
-Laura S.
You really can grow and produce enough to feed your family and become less reliant on the grocery store.
Whether you’re in a city apartment, the suburbs, or a seasoned homesteader, the School of Traditional Skills meets you where you’re at with skills to grow cleaner food, boost resilience, and bring your family together, even in tough times.
“I am 68 with no experience prior to attending your classes.
Now I am canning, growing my own vegetables, and am working on preparedness now. You are incredible!”
-Teresa P.
Introducing…
The School of Traditional Skills
30+ practical classes from top homesteading experts so you can grow, raise, cook, preserve, and take care of your family’s health (naturally).
- Bake nutritious, rich, and delicious sourdough bread.
- Transform milk into butter, yogurt, sour cream, and cottage cheese.
- Safely learn to pressure can, water bath can, and freeze dry vegetables, meats, broths, and ready-to-eat meals.
- Ferment vegetables to promote healthy bacteria in your gut.
- Fill your pantry with colorful, nutrient-dense, shelf-stable foods and herbs without taking up valuable freezer space.
- Create your own spice blends, soup mixes, and healthy snacks that allow you to have ready meals at any time.
- Make genuine bone broth that has remarkable properties to heal and restore your body.
- Discover amazing plants that can actually stop a virus dead in its tracks and treat bites, stings, burns, infections, and more at home.
- Raise a freezer full of healthy, pastured, meat-chickens in your backyard, in only 58 days.
- Enjoy a steady supply of fresh milk from your family dairy cow or goats.
- Manage high-fertility, sustainable livestock pastures without spending a fortune on fertilizer and seeds!
AND save tens of thousands of dollars by INTENTIONALLY designing and ordering your property so you have a more peaceful homestead.
Here’s EXACTLY what you’ll get as a Member
We’ve brought together top homesteading experts including Josh and Carolyn Thomas, Joel Salatin, Melissa K. Norris, and more, to deliver practical, professionally developed classes that give you the knowledge you need so you can spend LESS time on screens and MORE time taking action.
Gardening
Ready to grow your own food and ditch the grocery store’s chemical-laden produce? Our game-changing gardening classes show you how to create a high-yield, resilient garden that feeds your family, no matter your space, soil, or skill level. Dig into companion planting to beat pests and weeds, save seeds year after year to slash costs, and grow seedlings for pennies ensuring an abundant, reliable food supply with local, low-cost resources, come what may!
Current gardening classes & workshops include:
- Garden Season Extension with Melissa K Norris
- Raised Bed Gardening with Brian Lowell
- Seed Starting with Rick Stone
- Seed Saving with Will Bonsall
- Herb Gardening with Bevin Cohen
- Homestead Scale Composting with Noah Sanders
- Survival Garden with David the Good
- And many more gardening classes and workshops!
*2026 Releases include Holistic Orcharding with Jason Ross
Raising Animals
In these classes you’ll learn to manage hens for year-round eggs, milk goats, raise meat chickens in just 58 days, and even keep bees for sweet honey all with simple, low-cost methods. From reclaiming pastures to owning a family dairy cow, you’ll build a sustainable, abundant homestead, no matter your space or skills!
Current raising animals classes & workshops include:
- Raising Pastured Meat Chickens with Justin Rhodes
- Keeping Milk Goats with Anne Briggs
- Reclaiming Pastures with Joel Salatin
- Keeping The Family Dairy Cow with Shawn & Beth Dougherty
- Regenerative Grazing for the Homestead with Josh Thomas
- Natural Beekeeping with Adam Martin
- And many more raising animals classes and workshops!
*Upcoming classes include Pig Butchering with Brandon Sheard and Meat Rabbits with Daniel Salatin
Food Preservation
Ready to stock your pantry with healthy, home-preserved foods and skip the store’s chemical-packed stuff? Our food preservation classes teach you to pressure-can, dehydrate, and ferment like a pro, turning fruits, veggies, and meats into delicious, long-lasting meals on a budget. From pickles to jerky, you’ll build a nutrient-rich stockpile that feeds your family for years, no matter your space or skills!
Current food preservation classes & workshops include:
- Pressure Canning with Carolyn Thomas
- Freeze Drying with Carolyn Thomas
- Water Bath Canning with Mary Shrader
- Fermenting Vegetables with Lisa Bass
- Pasture to Plate Home Butchery with Brandon Sheard
- And many more food preservation classes and workshops!
*Just released: Cheesemaking with Beth Dougherty!
Traditional Cooking
Ready to cook wholesome, homemade meals that beat store-bought every time? Our traditional cooking classes teach you to whip up nutrient-packed sourdough breads, creamy cheeses, and fresh dairy goodies with simple ingredients on a budget. From kneading perfect loaves to crafting cinnamon rolls, you’ll fill your kitchen with delicious, healthy foods that bring your family together, no matter your space or skills!
Current traditional cooking classes & workshops include:
- Traditional Sourdough Breads with Maureen Diaz
- Mastering Pastured Meats with Shannon Hayes
- Fresh Dairy Products (soft cheese, butter, yogurt) with Beth Dougherty
- Everyday Bread Baking with Kristin Nobles
- And many more traditional cooking classes and workshops!
Health
Say goodbye to pricey meds and hello to natural health for your family! Our health classes show you how to make herbal remedies for colds, flus, and allergies, plus bone broth to boost gut health, ease inflammation, and cut migraines. You’ll create a simple, budget-friendly wellness plan that keeps your family thriving, no matter your space or experience!
Current traditional cooking classes & workshops include:
- Nourishing Bone Broth with Sally Fallon Morell
- Herbal First Aid with Dr. Patrick Jones
- Knowing Your Woodland Mushrooms with Anne Briggs
- Herbal Protocols for Seasonal Allergies with CeAnne Kossel
- And more health classes and workshops!
Strategy
A little forethought now can save you thousands later, protect your peace of mind, and keep your family thriving. Strategy shows up in more ways than you might think from how you design your property, to the systems you heat with, and yes, even the food you stock in your pantry. Small shifts in planning really can save time, money, and headaches.
Current strategy classes & workshops include:
- Homestead Planning and Design withNicholas Burtner
- Permaculture For Your Homestead with Josh Thomas
- Bulk Pantry with Victoria Pruett
- Five Steps to a Frugal Homestead with Shawn and Beth Dougherty
- And many more strategicclasses and workshops!
Plus, As A Member You’ll Also Get…
Members-only LIVE Workshops – $735 value
Workshops are 1-2 hour “mini-classes” designed to meet your homestead's ever-changing needs. From seasonal tasks like planting and harvesting to specific topics like fruit trees and preparing your homestead for hard times, these live events are tailored to what’s most relevant at the moment. You'll have instant access to ALL our workshops PLUS be invited to attend future sessions LIVE as a Member!
Skill Sheets, planners, building plans, and worksheets
Materials you can print, designed to streamline your progress, helping you make faster and more effective progress in your homesteading journey. These are incredible resources like planners for the garden or kitchen, building plans for drying racks, beehives, and animal shelters, recipe cards – including printer friendly ones – to take into the kitchen, and worksheets and calculators that do the math for you. They take you from figuring it out alone to having useful resources at your disposal to get the job done.
Members-only Q&As with our Instructors – $1,421 value
As a member, you’ll gain access to a wealth of exclusive resources and tools that aren’t available anywhere else. One of the standout features is our Members-Only Q&A sessions, where you can interact live with instructors who are not only experienced homesteaders but experts in their fields. These Q&As are more than a chance to ask questions. They’re an opportunity to dig in to topics that matter to you, troubleshoot specific issues, and get personalized advice directly from those with hands-on experience.
A Thriving, Supportive Community – priceless!
This is a community of people who are actually doing homesteading and not just talking about it. Our private community is made up of people who are on the same journey as you. Some are just getting started and eager to learn and some are seasoned homesteaders with decades of experience. It’s a space where real homesteaders come together to share what works, solve problems, and lift each other up every step of the way.
“I let other memberships to homesteading go and just kept my STS membership because they have everything those other communities offered and then some.”
-Michelle S.
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Hear what Current Members Have to Say about the School of Traditional Skills
“We used [the Homestead Scale Composting] method at The Covering and have had wonderful results in soil fertility. Thank you Noah Sanders and School of Traditional Skills for teaching simple practical methods for successful food production!!”
– Neil & Elizabeth P.
“The membership is sooo efficient, concise, and yet a detailed vast wealth of knowledge. Incredibly helpful DEF no fluff, just pertinent info that is to the point. Worth every penny and MORE!! There is nothing like this anywhere on the internet. LOVE the printables as well.”
– Michele B.
“I appreciate communities like STS because I can check in, learn, and not feel like I've wasted a bunch of time on content I don't care about, ads, or endless scrolling.”
– Elizabeth S.
“The classes break down what seems to be too overwhelming into manageable steps. I can learn from their experience and not have to go through the same mistakes. I have tried new things I never thought I could ever do!”
-Kelly H.
“The School of Traditional Skills is worth every penny. The instruction is top notch, and I love being able to go back and watch them to review. I am constantly telling people about it.”
-Rachel S.
Zero Risk: 100% Money-Back Guarantee
Your enrollment in the School of Traditional Skills is protected by our “See it to Believe It” Guarantee.You have a FULL 30 days to decide if the School of Traditional Skills is the perfect place for you to master homesteading and self-sufficiency skills from the cream of the crop homesteading experts.
If on Day 30, you decide it isn’t what we promised …email us and we’ll return your money. No questions asked.
Not only that, even after 30 days you can easily cancel your subscription at any time and not be billed in the future. You can view our complete terms and conditions here.
