IN-DEPTH: Modern Homesteading Conference Offers Practical Advice on Self-Reliance

Two-day event in Idaho features practical advice on herbal teas to growing the home pharmacy

Traditional livestock harvester Brandon Sheard demonstrates the proper way to butcher a hog during The Modern Homesteading Conference in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, on June 30, 2023. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho—Traditional naturopath and clinical herbalist Patrick Jones said that in the beginning, “there were weeds—and the war began.”

The weapons to fight the weeds improved over the centuries, he said, as “our troops were well-armed. Our resolve was firm.”