Homesteading

Sustainable living is more than a passing trend, but many practitioners (or those who want to be) often lack practical information on how to successfully live off the land, especially when it comes to raising farm animals. Lifelong farmer, homesteader and Owen County native Bill Pursell guides participants through important considerations associated with homesteading. Classes will cover everything from site and animal selection to land and water management to gardening. Bill pulls the class together by also examining the business of homesteading, including budget and tax considerations, trading, marketing, auctioning, as well as topics of interest to participants.

Note: This class will be held in-person at the Ivy Tech Bloomington Main Campus in a Learn Anywhere classroom that also accommodates live instruction for those who wish to attend virtually. All students will have the opportunity to participate and may attend either in-person or virtually via Zoom each class as needed.

Household Discount: Registered students may sign up one additional member of their household to attend this class at no cost. If you plan to have someone attend with you, please make sure they are added as a member to your household profile (if they have a separate individual profile, that is fine, as well) and continue with the registration process, during which you'll list them as an additional participant and we will add them to the class within 1 business day of your completed registration.

To add someone to your household profile you can go to the "Household Profile" menu option when logged in and follow the link to "Add adult member to household" to create their profile, which will be linked to your household contact information.