Pioneering Today

By: Melissa K Norris
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  • Want to get back to the basics of raising your own food, cooking from scratch, preserving the harvest, and knowing how to do it yourself? Join 5th generation homesteader, Melissa K. Norris, on the #3 ranking Home and Garden Podcast, Pioneering Today where we share how to raise, cook and preserve your own food with old-fashioned skill sets and wisdom for a more natural and self-sufficient home, with, or without, the homestead. We cover organic gardening, home food preservation from canning, dehydrating, fermenting, root cellar, and more, traditional cooking skills, organic and natural home and body care recipes, natural health, growing and building your own natural medicine cabinet, foraging, livestock, and everything else you need for modern homesteading.
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  • EP: 458 - Hand Crank Grain Mills: Worth It or Hype?

    EP: 458 - Hand Crank Grain Mills: Worth It or Hype?
    Feb 14 2025

    This week’s podcast episode is all about hand-crank grain mills. Are they worth the hype or not? My guest, Bonnie Jones from GrainMaker, is a wealth of knowledge and sharing who hand-crank grain mills are right for. Plus, you’ll definitely want to hear about GrainMaker’s Heirloom Lifetime Guarantee on their 100% made in the USA grain mills! For more information and any links mentioned in today’s podcast, visit https://melissaknorris.com/458

    Grab your Modern Homesteading Conference tickets here: https://modernhomesteading.com/

    Check out my post on grain grinding tips: https://melissaknorris.com/podcast/grinding-flour-6-fresh-flour-baking-tips/
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    45 mins
  • #1 Time-Saving Kitchen Hacks - Homestead Kitchen Roundtable

    #1 Time-Saving Kitchen Hacks - Homestead Kitchen Roundtable
    Feb 7 2025

    Welcome to the first-ever Homestead Kitchen Roundtable podcast episode! This is a free-form podcast chat with me, Melissa Norris and my guests Michelle Hedgcock, Rachel Costenbader and Sophia Eng. In this episode (which is #457 of the Pioneering Today Podcast), we're discussing time-saving kitchen tips and tricks we wished we knew as younger cooks. From our favorite go-to recipe when we need dinner on the table in 30 minutes or less to our must-do time-saving tips in the kitchen for busy schedules.

    For more information and any links mentioned in today’s podcast, visit https://melissaknorris.com/457
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    39 mins
  • EP: 456 Hand Pump Water Pumps - Everything You Need to Know

    EP: 456 Hand Pump Water Pumps - Everything You Need to Know
    Jan 31 2025

    Many of us desire to have backup and emergency systems in place to know our family will be well taken care of in times of emergency or power outages. That's why my family has been looking into a hand water well pump as a backup water solution for our generator. Join me in this podcast episode with Jonathan and Cody from Flojak, a made in the USA hand well pump company to learn more about these pumps and whether they’re a good option for your homestead.

    For more information and any links mentioned in today’s podcast, visit https://melissaknorris.com/456
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    32 mins

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Love your concise information

I have been working my way through the many, many Pioneering Today podcasts so I can learn skills that could come in handy whether out of thriftiness or necessity. Even the podcasts that don't really apply to me like raising my own cattle are great to listen to and learn from. I hope to start making my own medicines soon and preserving some food. Thank you so much Melissa!

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I love all of it- you're a wealth of information

As a fairly newbie to the homesteading lifestyle I have been binging your podcast and love it! Most, if not all the podcasts can help in one way or another and I'm so glad you added the verse of the week!!! Keep up the great work Melissa and thank you for all you do! - Jessica R #Godgiftedartistry

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