SUMMARY:

God wants Christians to be self-sufficient. This means that Christians should be able to produce some of their own food. Also, God wants humans to steward the earth by giving life to it rather than sucking all the life from it.

GUEST INFORMATION:

In this episode Kevin Canale joins us to talk about homesteading and how Christians should think about the responsibility to steward the earth. Kevin has a Master’s degree in nutrition and is working to create his own homestead. You can find more information about this project on his youtube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCFWGZheEf-D-3TT5yeag-ig

QUESTIONS THIS EPISODE ASKS:

Here are the questions that we asked Kevin in this episode:

• What is a homestead?


• Why should Christians homestead or be working towards owning a homestead?
  
  
  
  • Self-sufficiency is one of the key aspects of freedom. Christians should continuously strive towards independence from the systems that hold power over us. Food is certainly an aspect in which political persuasion and pressure could be used to drive people to do things God would condemn.
  
  
  
  


• What are some challenges of homesteading?


• Why is animal husbandry important?


• Where does the bible talk about homesteading/gardening?
  
  
  
  • (Genesis 2:15 ) The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
  
  
  • (Jeremiah 29:5) Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.
  
  
  • In Jeremiah the Israelites are exiled and forced to live in a land which is not their own. God tells them to continue to work towards the success of the cities of Babylon in which they reside. Being able to sustain life by growing their own food and working hard towards rebuilding their lives will
  
  
  
  


• What are some practical steps that people can take to start homesteading?


• What are biblical principles of land use?
  
  
  
  • Stewarding the land well
    
    
    
    • Building soil
    
    
    • Removing trash and waste
    
    
    • Inviting nature in (birds, animals, bugs, etc.)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Being productive with the space God has given us
    
    
    
    • Growing gardens
    
    
    • Building raised beds
    
    
    • Joining a community garden
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

"Music by Kabbalistic Village" and link to my website - kabbalisticvillage.com/