If you’ve ever made your own bread or dreamed of a backyard garden, you’re already on the path. Now it’s time to build on what you’ve started
Introducing…
Homestead Foundations
with Melissa K. Norris
The membership that helps aspiring homesteaders eat healthier and save money—by growing their homesteading skills
Supporting 7500+ homesteaders since 2016
Picture this…
You walk out to your garden, basket in hand, to pick the first green beans of the season—ready to turn into tonight’s dinner.
Come 7pm, your kids are gobbling up bowls of green bean casserole—it’s so good, it’s no longer just a side in your house.
And you feel great knowing you made it yourself—no preservatives, no additives, no weird ingredients.
But let’s be honest—getting here isn’t always simple
Maybe you’ve tried growing green beans before, but you missed the season and didn’t get more than a handful.
Or you’ve wanted to cook meals from scratch, but just didn’t feel inspired.
Let’s change the homesteading game for you
You see, I geek out over gardening.
And cooking.
And I know homesteading feels a whole lot easier when you have clear, simple guidance—so you know what to do and when to do it.
That’s what you get inside of Homestead Foundations.
Learn the basics of growing your own food and cooking from scratch—and start building your homegrown, handmade life.
What do you get with Homestead Foundations?
As a member you get instant access to:
Digital Magazine
Harvest to Table: Seasonal Recipes
Stay on track with monthly, season-specific homesteading guidance so you’ll always know:
✔️ what to do in the garden
✔️ what’s ready to harvest
✔️ what to make with it
✔️ how to cook simple, from scratch meals—packed with nutrients
Step-by-step video trainings
130+ lessons
A curated list of 130+ step-by-step video tutorials on essential homesteading skills—so you can get started with confidence. Learn to grow, cook, bake, make and more.
✔️ pick and choose your adventure
✔️ go at your own pace
✔️ master the fundamentals of cold storage. Also includes lessons on salt curing, freezing and infusing extracts.
PLUS this awesome BONUS!
THREE back issues of the Harvest to Table: Seasonal Recipes Digital Magazine!
That’s 3x the:
✔️ dishes to add to your repertoire
✔️ easy-to-follow recipes for from-scratch meals made for real life
✔️ garden know-how
130+ lessons…On what exactly?
Get on-demand access to the The Vault – a curated library of 130+ videos designed to teach you essential homesteading skills so you can make your homesteading dreams a reality.
Get on-demand access to the The Vault – a curated library of 130+ videos designed to teach you essential homesteading skills so you can make your homesteading dreams a reality.
Topics include:
Take a peek inside the magazine
Every month you’ll get a brand new issue of the Harvest to Table: Seasonal Recipes magazine.
There are lots of reasons to eat seasonal produce:
🍒 Fresh food tastes better
🍒 Freshly harvested produce has maximum nutritional benefit
🍒Eating seasonal food saves money and helps the environment—you're not paying for all those miles your berries have travelled to get to your breakfast bowl
It isn’t just recipes though.
It’s your go-to guide for knowing which gardening tasks to focus on each month—so you can use your time on the right things.
And you’ll learn what’s ready to harvest so you can make the most of each season.
This is fresh, practical guidance to keep you on track month after month.
Hi there, I'm Melissa!
I’m a full-time working wife and mom of two—and a committed homesteader since 2009.
Homesteading has completely changed my life.
A health scare gave me the wake-up call I needed to get back to growing and making my own food.
But even though I’m a fifth generation homesteader, I’d drifted away from my homesteading heritage—because I was working full time with a 36 mile commute.
I didn’t think I had time to homestead—and the world of convenience food had sucked me in.
By putting systems into place, little-by-little I discovered I did have time — even with the commute and a young family.
Now we raise 100% of our own meat, 75% of the fruit we eat, and 60% of our veggies. And we haven’t had to buy bread at the store since 2009.
But I know getting started isn’t always easy. That’s why I created Homestead Foundations—to help you start your homestead with confidence.
Join Homestead Foundations Today
Seasonal Recipes – Always know exactly what to cook and do with produce from the garden or farmer's market. Never wonder what to make with pounds of zucchini or bunches of broccoli again.
Monthly
Homestead Foundations
$9
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Annual
Homestead Foundations
$90
It’s easy to cancel
We want your decision to join Homestead Foundations to be an easy yes. That’s why:
The Monthly Plan can be cancelled at any time. Payments are non-refundable, but you’ll have access until the end of your billing cycle.
The Annual Plan comes with a 15-day happiness guarantee—if you join and realize it’s not for you, just let us know within 15 days and we’ll give you a full refund. (We may ask for feedback to help us learn and grow)
Meet Your Teacher
I get so frustrated at what we’re being told is “food” in the grocery store. The processing. The chemical additives. Hidden GMOs. The pesticides.
So many people are struggling with chronic health conditions and they don’t know the role this so-called “food” could be playing in it.
When you join the Homestead Foundations, I’ll teach you how to grow, preserve and cook your own food from scratch — like your great-grandparents would have done.
Except, life is a bit different now. We have jobs, often with long commutes. Kids have basketball practice. The local store sells everything we might want, and you can buy meals ready-made. And these days, homesteading is a choice.
We’re the bread bakers, the home canners, the seed savers and the backyard chicken owners. We’re the modern homesteaders… and we’re growing.
Frequently Asked Questions
I already have one of Melissa’s courses. Should I still join Homestead Foundations?
It depends on what you want to do in your homestead. If the course you already have gives you what you need, wonderful! However, if you’re on this page then I imagine you’re curious about what else you could do. That’s where my memberships come in.
Homestead Foundations gives you the basic knowledge to get started as a homesteader. It’s open year-round.
The Pioneering Today Academy gives you access to a much wider variety of homesteading topics, along with group calls, challenges and a private community space. Doors typically open a couple of times a year.If you’re not sure which is best for you, pop the team an email ([email protected]) about your interests and they offer suggestions for your next steps.
How do I access it all?
Everything in the Homestead Foundations membership is hosted on Kajabi. After you join we’ll send you an email with your login info.
Do I need a big garden?
That depends how much you’d like to grow! We always recommend you start with what you’ve got—even if that’s a window sill.
How is this different from the Pioneering Today Academy?
The Pioneering Today Academy is the ultimate homesteading membership. It gives in-depth teaching on a wide variety of homesteading topics. It also comes with group calls, challenges and a private community space. Check it out here.
Are you ready to build your homestead your way to a healthier lifestyle?