The Heritage Skills USA Homesteading Summit tookplace from June 6 to June 8 at the Vinton County Fairgrounds in McArthur.
Every year, people from all walks of life across 25 states and Canada flock to the Appalachian foothills of southern Ohio, where they gather to learn skills that teach self-reliance at the summit.
More than 140 classes are taught by instructors from around the country including butchering, canning, herbalism, foraging, emergency medicine techniques, food preservation, blacksmithing, beekeeping, and gardening.
Tara Dodrill and her husband, Bobby, are the event’s founders. They live on a 60-acre farm in Vinton County, not far from where the event is held. The closest community is McArthur, a one-stoplight village a few miles away.
“At a time when food prices are high and supply chain issues impact availability, there are questions about ingredients and chemicals in food. Leading a self-sufficient lifestyle is being embraced by everyone from city dwellers with no land and suburbanites with quarter-acre lots to farmers and homesteaders with an abundance of space.”
Tara is a freelance writer who has authored articles about self-reliance.
