Local Classes & Hands-On Homesteading Workshops
Old-Fashioned Skills for Everyday Life
There’s something special about learning by doing!
Here at Food Prood, we believe the best way to learn is to roll up your sleeves, get your hands dirty, and experience it firsthand.
Whether we’re baking sourdough bread, growing our own food, preserving the harvest, or learning the everyday rhythms of homesteading, my goal is to help you gain the skills and confidence to do more for yourself and your family.
You don’t need fancy equipment, acres of land, or years of experience. Just a willingness to learn!
Join us here in Northern Michigan for hands-on classes, real-life homesteading experiences, and plenty of good food and fellowship along the way.
Bread Independence — Hands-On Sourdough Workshop!
Imagine NEVER Having to Buy Another Loaf of Bread Again!
But wait… what about pizza, bagels, donuts, cinnamon rolls, crackers, biscuits, pancakes, waffles, and all those other delicious things your family loves?
What if I told you it all starts with flour, water, and a little patience?
THAT is sourdough. THAT is bread independence!
Join me for a fun, hands-on sourdough workshop where we’re taking the mystery out of sourdough and showing you just how SIMPLE it really can be.
No fancy equipment. No complicated schedules. No babysitting a jar of flour all day.
We’re making FOOD, people. Not entering a bread beauty contest!
Workshop Details
Saturday, December 5, 2026
Time: 10 AM–1 PM
Location: Northern Michigan — Our Homestead (Address provided after registration)
Cost: $95 per person
Only 10 spots available!
What’s Included?
- Three hours of hands-on sourdough instruction
- A copy of my cookbook, From Starter to Artisan: Sourdough for Everyday Life
- Your very own live, organic sourdough starter to take home
- Lunch! We’ll enjoy some of the delicious food we make together.
We’ll cover the basics of sourdough, caring for your starter, and making sourdough fit into YOUR everyday life.
Because sourdough isn’t just about beautiful artisan loaves. It’s about learning a skill that helps you feed your family with simple ingredients.
A Special Note for My Early Book Supporters!
If you preordered my sourdough book earlier this year, this is YOUR workshop!
Your admission is FREE, just as promised. Please contact me to reserve your spot by November 20, 2026.
Registration is required, and space is limited to 10 participants.
REGISTER FOR THE SOURDOUGH WORKSHOP — $95
Come hungry, ready to learn, and ready to get your hands in some dough!
Flour + Water + Patience = Bread Independence
Looking Ahead — Heritage Club 2027
One Club. Six Months. Skills for a Lifetime.
What if you could experience the homesteading lifestyle firsthand, through the changing seasons, right alongside a family that’s been living it for over 20 years?
That’s exactly what our Heritage Club is all about!
From May through October, you’ll join us once a month here on our Northern Michigan homestead for a complete, immersive experience in the old-fashioned ways of living.
We’ll plant, grow, harvest, preserve, cook from scratch, work with animals, explore herbs, and learn how everything connects.
This isn’t six separate workshops. It’s one complete experience where each month builds upon the last.
And the best part? You don’t need to own a homestead to get started!
Real Homesteading. Real Life. Real Confidence.
One of our 2026 participants shared:
“I learned so much from simple seed starting to pressure canning and all the ins and outs in between and how to get my kids involved and able to help. I highly recommend this class it will open your eyes and let you know that you can do it too.” – Megan 2026 Heritage Club Member
That’s what it’s all about. Helping you realize you CAN do this, one skill at a time.
2027 HERITAGE CLUB · EARLY REGISTRATION
$1,050
$1,395- 2027 price!
Save $345 when you register by December 31, 2026
$300 deposit to reserve your spot
Applied toward tuition · Non-refundable
Can’t Join Us in Person? Learn From Home!
Welcome to Food Prood Academy
Not everyone can make the trip to Northern Michigan, but that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on learning!
Inside Food Prood Academy, I share the same practical, old-fashioned skills we use here on our homestead, through lessons you can enjoy from wherever you live.
From gardening and preserving to cooking from scratch, sourdough, herbs, raising animals, and more, there’s always something new to learn.
Learn at your own pace, revisit lessons whenever you need them, and start putting those skills to work in your everyday life.
Because you don’t have to do everything to start doing something!
Food Prood | Old-Fashioned Ways in a Modern World