Experts Helping to Grow Gardening Knowledge at Modern Homesteading Conference in Idaho
COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho—Fifth-generation homesteader Melissa Norris had been growing gardens and preserving food years before COVID-19.
But the pandemic, with its unprecedented run on supermarkets, food shortages, and supply chain issues, made her decide to up her game like never before.
“I’d been doing it for a long time before the pandemic. But I think the pandemic made me more serious about how I was doing things and planning more,” said Norris, co-founder of The Modern Homesteading Conference in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
On July 1, the conference was on its second day, as Norris shared a wealth of homesteader knowledge before a standing-room audience….