The Alder Days: The Off-Grid Food Handbook

Build your homestead food plan one manageable project at a time.

The Off-Grid Food Handbook helps beginners think through lawful hunting and trapping, safe food handling, daily chicken and pig care, and the garden and storage systems that support a small homestead.

Inside you’ll find:

● Project selection, property layout and realistic resource planning.

● Hunting and trapping readiness questions, permissions and education checks.

● Cooling, storage and cooking considerations, with links to authoritative guidance.

● Poultry housing, feeding, eggs and daily care routines.

● Pig preparation, water, feed, handling and veterinary planning.

● Biosecurity, manure separation and a manageable garden plan.

● Two worked cost examples and three printable planning/care/handover sheets.

Includes a 20-page PDF for reading on a phone, tablet or computer. Print the worksheets for your own household use.

This is an introductory planning and care handbook. It does not teach weapon operation, trap construction, animal dispatch, slaughter, veterinary procedures or tested food-preservation processes. It does not replace hunter/trapper education, current local regulations, hands-on training or professional advice. U.S. sources are used, with South Carolina as a starting point for legal research. No food independence, yield or savings is guaranteed.

The cover is illustrative AI artwork featuring the fictional Alder Days couple. Digital download only; no equipment, animals or physical book is included.