Pioneering Today
Pioneering Today is all about getting back to basics, simple living, and self-sufficiency with old-fashioned skills and wisdom in a modern world. With heirloom gardening, canning, preserving the harvest, from scratch cooking, raising your own food, including livestock (backyard chickens, pigs, and cattle), natural medicine, herbs, DIY like soap making along with living a simple self-sufficient life, no matter where you live. Hosted by 5th generation homesteader, Melissa K. Norris, author of The Made-from-Scratch Life. This podcast brings you the conversation from MelissaKNorris.com and The Pioneering Today Academy, with Q&A's, teaching, tutorials, and always giving you practical ways and tips to live the simple and self-sufficient life.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 406
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Lid Reuse, Sugar Secrets & More: Candid Conversations with Canning Pros
Today’s episode of the Pioneering Today Podcast is with master canning expert Georgia Varozza. She and I are discussing the ins and outs of safe canning, including questions such as reusing canning l…
Behind the Scenes of the Modern Homesteading Conference
Join me for today’s Pioneering Today Podcast as I share some behind the scenes from the Modern Homesteading Conference. There were some crazy events that took place, and more than one miracle to shar…
How to Take a Vacation From the Homestead
Join me for today’s Pioneering Today Podcast as I discuss how to set yourself up for the possibility of taking a vacation from the homestead. This doesn’t happen overnight, and there are some systems…
Freeze Dried vs. Dehydrated Food (Benefits and Drawbacks of Each)
Join me for today’s Pioneering Today Podcast as I discuss the benefits and drawbacks of freeze dried vs. dehydrated food. What exactly are the differences between freeze-drying and dehydrating. Are t…
Electric Fence Netting (Everything You Need to Know) With Premier 1
Join me for today’s Pioneering Today Podcast as I’m joined by Joe from Premier 1. We’re talking about everything you need to know to get started with electric fence netting. If you’ve been using nett…
Pros & Cons of Electric Canners (Water Bath & Pressure)
Join me for today’s Pioneering Today Podcast as I discuss the pros and cons of home electric pressure and water bath canners. Are they safe? Should we trust them? How do we know whether to pressure o…
Decision-Making Processes and New Happenings on the Farm
Join me for today’s Pioneering Today Podcast as I catch you up on all the happenings around here, including some of the decision-making processes we go through to determine the livestock we'll raise …
Decoding mRNA in Meat: Essential Insights and Unleashing the Secrets to Budget-Free Meat Marketing
Join me for today’s podcast with guest Joel Salatin as we discuss mRNA in livestock and how that translates into our food supply. Learn how “organic” doesn’t mean you’re safe from vaccines in your fo…
The A2 Advantage: Unpacking the Health Benefits of A2 Milk
In today’s podcast, my guest Katie Millhorn from Millhorn Farmstead in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho is sharing her knowledge of A2 raw milk and it’s healing and transformative power. She’s seen first hand th…
Unlocking Beef Liver: How to Mask the Taste and Reap the Nutritional Benefits
In today’s podcast, my guest Stephanie Haglund from The Rancher’s Homestead and I are discussing the various ways to consume beef liver and mask the taste to reap the amazing health and nutritional b…
Essential Skills for the Modern Homesteader
One of the most commonly asked questions I get is how does someone start homesteading. I get this question from people who already have their forever homestead, and from people who don’t yet have tha…
The Freedom to Learn: Finding Common Ground Between Homeschooling and Public Schooling for Homesteading Families featuring Kodi Hanner
Homeschooling, though once a very unconventional method of schooling, has seen a comeback in the past few years. Join me in today’s podcast episode with Kody Hanner, from The Homestead Education, whe…
Surviving and Thriving: How to Create a Survival Garden That Feeds Your Family
Have you ever heard of a “survival garden?” For some, this term evokes fear and a sense of doom and gloom… but in reality, survival gardens are simply what the majority of people grew in the backyard…
How America's Lost Apples Are Being Saved for Future Generations
If you've ever wanted to grow heirloom apple varieties in an apple orchard or even learn how to graft your own apple trees on your homestead, this podcast episode is for you! Join me with Nikki Conle…
The Case for Natural Cheese Making & Clabber w/ Robyn Jackson
Have you wondered what natural cheese making is and how it differs from making cheese with store-bought cultures? Have you ever heard of “clabber”? And have you ever thought cheese-making to be simil…
Orchard Planning to Keep Pests Out (Live Coaching Call)
Today’s podcast is another live coaching call with Michelle, a member of the Pioneering Today Academy. When planning to put in a fruit or berry orchard, there are some tips you'll want to know about …
Creating a Simple & Effective Medicinal Herb Garden in Limited Space
Today’s podcast is another live coaching call with Maddie, a member of the Pioneering Today Academy. We’re discussing how to plan which herbs to grow in a medicinal herb garden as well as the propert…
Homesteading With Special Needs Children
Though not all of us are homesteading with special needs children, it's likely that many of us know someone who is. In this podcast, my good friend Rachel is sharing her tips on raising a special nee…
Land Sabbaths and Baking Consistently Good Bread (Live Coaching Call)
You may be wondering how baking consistently good bread and land sabbaths come together into one episode of a podcast. That's the beauty of a live coaching call! Today I’m interviewing Britnay, a mem…
9 Simple Steps to Grow an Abundance!
Learn to grow your best garden ever with these nine simple steps for growing an abundance of food. If you’re new to gardening, or just need to take your gardening skills and knowledge to the next lev…