In this family‑style vlog, Justin Rhodes (homesteader, permaculture chicken expert) announces a limited‑time Christmas sale of physical copies of his two documentary‑style films—Permaculture Chickens and The Great American Farm Tour—along with a stainless‑steel mug. He explains the content of each DVD: Permaculture Chickens offers a 2‑2.5‑hour tutorial on raising chickens, featuring experts like Joel Salatin, Pat Foreman, and Jim Adkins, covering feed cost reduction, chick rearing, breeding, and garden integration; the case is 100 % biodegradable and can be composted. The Great American Farm Tour condenses a 10‑month, 50‑state bus journey into a 2‑hour inspirational guide, sharing lessons from visiting diverse farms, addressing common homesteading doubts, and showcasing the Rhodes family’s search for “the greatest farm.” Justin details pricing ($29 each, $49 for both plus a mug), bundle discounts, limited inventory, and a sales deadline of December 2 at 10 PM. Interspersed are candid family moments (children, a tree, a baby’s tantrum) and reflections on why they embarked on the farm‑tour bus adventure, emphasizing sustainable living, self‑reliance, and the joy of growing food. The video ends with a call‑to‑action to purchase the items as Christmas gifts.
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We got a tree. Yes, it's true. Actually, we got a big tree. I think this is the first time since we've had kids that we had a big tree. Don't worry, I made Mr. Brown promise he wouldn't tear it up. Look at me, put your hand on your heart. I promise not to tear up the tree.
Cross your heart that you promise not to tear up the tree. Cross your heart.
I'm not convinced, Mom. I'm going to See, we've gotten small trees in the past because we could elevate them and he couldn't reach them. But you saw that promise. He's not gonna tear it up, is he? Anyway, I just wanted to pop on here quick, extra video for you here on Sunday. Sunday seed day, y'all. Got something for ya. Got a little something special for you. These are physical copies of both of my movies. One is Permaculture Chickens. One is The Great American Farm Tour. Both these are DVDs. Oh, and I have a mug. I have the Great American Farm Tour stainless steel mug. What I want to say about this is for the first time publicly, I've made available just, just the physical DVDs. None of the digital extras. Hey, maybe you just want something you can touch. Maybe you want something you can give to a friend or wrap in a nice present. Maybe both of these with a mug. And this comes in a nice little box, by the way. So it's the Christmas season. Maybe you want to get these as a gift. For a loved one, I'm making it available now. So if you guys are interested in just these, the physical hands-on in time for Christmas, I was thinking I have some inventory of this. Let's put them up for sale. We'll sell— we'll put them in limited quantity. I mean, I don't want to sell out. If you want to order these and you order them, I want you to be able to get them in time for Christmas. So we'll take it down if we sell out for some reason. Hey, I'm doing a bit So Permaculture Chickens, pretty much everything you need to know for raising chickens in like 2-ish, maybe 2.5 hours. It's got Joel Salatin, Pat Foreman, Jim Adkins in it talking about how to cut feed costs 100%, how to get started with chicks, how to select for breeding, how to use chickens in the garden. You see me doing that all the time in the vlog. It's in here, it's physical, you could put it in your DVD player. Oh, and by the way, people, people will get really excited about these cases. This is totally 100% biodegradable. Use it as sheet mulch when you're done. Put it in the compost pile, whatever. Even cork. The only thing that is like trash trash is the DVD itself. But nice picture inside, all kinds of cool stuff. So I think just— oh look, I don't think I've ever showed you guys this before unless you bought this. Look, listen, listen, I want you to listen. Magnet. I mean, seriously, a magnet. Shot, so we put the touch into it. Comes in this nice wrapper. I believe we can fit 2 of these in one if we need to. We're going to give you a Great American Farm Tour sticker, ship this to you in time for Christmas. Oh, the Great American Farm Tour DVD, where this is very practical, hands-on, exactly how-to. This is inspirational entertainment. We traveled to all 50 states, y'all, and it's all compacted down. 360, or no, it went through, it took us 10 months. So it's like 200 and some, almost 300 vlogs condensed down to 2 hours right here. And if you're struggling with, oh, if only I had this, I could do this. Oh, if only I had my acreage, or if my neighbor wasn't such a pain, or if it was wetter here, or if it was colder, or if it was warmer. If you have any of these doubts, about your own place, this movie is for you because it's gonna really help you learn and find out: 1, just what you can do in your place; 2, satisfaction and contentment to grow right where you're planted. It's our story of our search for another farm, for the greatest American farm for ourselves, and we come to a surprising, contentful conclusion. I probably just gave it away for you, but I think you'll like to see it. We talk about things that we never talked about on the vlog. It's a good piece. It's physical. Here it is. You can get both. If you— I'm selling these individually for $29, includes shipping. If you get both, you get a like 20-ish percent discount. So you get them both for $49, and we're gonna throw in a mug package in there too. So you can just get the mug, just the Great American Farm Tour, just the Permaculture Chickens, or you can bundle these two for Or you can bundle these 3 just in time for Christmas. I'm putting it up, limited supplies. So get it while you can. I think I'll do this sale, we'd probably need to close cart on this to get everybody by Christmas. Let's say, what's the, we could close it next Sunday. So we'll give you a week till 10 PM. So whatever that is, that's probably December, what is that Rebecca? Next Sunday. My Becky. Always on the call at the desk. Is it the second?
Mommy!
Mommy!
My eye's not hurt. My eye's hurt. My poor eyeball. My day's ruined.
Time out.
It's December 2nd.
Time out for the disgruntled baby. Okay, December 2nd, 10 PM. 7 days. While supplies last. Link in the description. Merry Christmas!
Hey, here comes the truck.
I'm gonna cry. Aww. It's okay, precious girl. Remember all those talks we'd have at night? Talking about doing something crazy and just traveling all over America. But come morning time, we'd always have some great reason Why not? What finally took us over the edge?
I asked myself, what would I do if I wasn't afraid? I can't believe we bought a bus! Welcome to our bus home!
Richard Prenecke. Beyond was all around me. The dream was a dream no longer. I suppose I was here because this was something I had to do. Not just dream about it, but do it.
The first reason we were doing this was to discover and learn from the greatest farms in America.
The mob stocking herbivorous solar conversion lignified carbon sequestration fertilization It's a perfect amount for us. This is our steampunk rocket mass heater of science.
What's the point of having all this delicious food if you're not gonna like do your best to enjoy it?
I felt like we had a tough decision to make because we're on family property and, and we had to decide, is this where we want to settle for the rest of our lives?
Maine was the first state I would say that Justin and I kind of looked at each other and said Hmm, kind of feels like home here.
I wanted so bad to keep an open mind for Colorado. They have these open ranges, it's beautiful, it's sunny, there's mountains. We set out in search of the greatest farm in America, and what we discovered absolutely shocked us.
Being able to like grow your own food, that's huge.
The reason I planted so many strawberries and I like— I grow strawberries is because I like them.
So this is our blueberry field.
You know, make sure you get that one because it's the only one fruiting. Okay.
Sometimes the mulberry and the cherry are fruiting too, but yeah.
No, I get it, I get it. We want to showcase the peaches.
We're just so impressed because I think there's like, what, 100 peaches in there?
Look at the wonderful place. They just already look at home. They're just down grazing. Okay, North Carolina, let's give her a good hello.
1, 2, 3, 4.
I'm gonna lay down right there.
Okay. Touch the soil.
I'm Justin Rhodes from Asheville, North Carolina, husband to a beautiful wife named Rebecca, father of 4 beautiful children, homesteader, permaculturalist, chicken farmer. I'm noticing that a lot of people are wanting to start to grow their own food. I was one of them several years ago. I was just wanting more healthy food with a story that I knew where it came from, so I started growing my own food. But what I started to notice was I didn't know what in the world I was doing. It was so difficult to learn. I started picking up books and researching online, but still it wasn't quite what I was looking for. I kind of needed a mentor or an uncle or somebody who was into it. So now I look to the books, but the books don't always have the answer. So I thought that people are out there wanting to learn this stuff. I want to help them out and I want to teach them. I think there's a quick and easy way to do it. I want to shorten their learning curve. I'd like to start with chickens. A lot of people start with chickens. They're very easy. They're phenomenal to work with. They're good workers in the garden. There's a great entry. Some of the things we'll cover is how to cut feed costs by 100%, how to build your own housing, How to process your own birds. How to cook your own birds. How to breed your own for 100% sustainability. So we're gonna have pioneer and author Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms and Jim Atkins of the Sustainable Poultry Network come and give us their expertise. I'm gonna teach you everything there is to know from hatching your own chicks to putting them on your dinner table and everything in between. Some of the most beautiful moments in my life are when my wife puts down a plate of food and you have a couple of vegetables and you have a meat there, and I can tell a story to that food. For everybody who wants to experience the joy of growing their own chicken products, I'm going to show you how easy it is and be there along with you every step of the way.
