Costco haul, preparing for winter & food shortages, chatting about preparedness

I'm not holding back on my views on preparedness in this video, sharing my thoughts, essentials, some sources for why I'm concerned, and more!

For our family of 6, I do a lot of shopping with Azure standard and ALDI, and get as much as possible from a local farmers' market. I tagged along with my mom to Costco to see what I could find to fill out our LTFS - and I found some great deals!

Shop BULK organic foods with Azure Standard: https://www.azurestandard.com/?a_aid=36ac57b2d6

Shop BULK real, pure salt and seasonings with Redmond (code HOPEWELLHEIGHTS for 15% off): https://shop.redmond.life/discount/HOPEWELLHEIGHTS?redirect=%2F%3Fafmc%3DHOPEWELLHEIGHTS

I have a Berkey water filter, the cheapest off grid water filtration system: https://www.berkeyfilters.com/collections/berkey-water-filter-systems/products/crown-berkey?a_aid=623c96280f63f&a_bid=74954129

My dress is from Neuflora: https://www.neuflora.com/?ref=W4OeJ

Make your own yeast (sourdough starter): https://hopewellheightsblog.com/sourdough-starter/

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I'm Steph, wife of John & mom of 4 living on a 5th generation homestead. My husband's great-grandparents bought this farm in rural Missouri in 1942. My husband was supposed to take the farm over after high school - but he decided to go a different direction and moved out on his own. At that time he said he'd never get married or have kids. But here we are - 4 kids later and back on the farm. I grew up in town - so farm life has been a new adventure for me and I absolutely love it. I'm learning as I go and opting out of as many broken systems as I can along the way. We've lived here almost five years now, we homeschool our kids here, raise and grow more of our own food all the time, and our last baby was even born here on the farm - my first home birth. Learn with me as I share glimpses into our life on the farm.