Join the Homestead Pantry Challenge!
Wanna save money, reduce food waste and become more self-sufficient? Join the Homestead Pantry Challenge and kick off the new year by challenging yourself to eat through your pantry, avoid the grocery store and get creative with what you’ve got!
Join the Homestead Pantry Challenge!
Start the year on the right foot…
Let’s face it: the past few years have been a wake-up call. From a global pandemic that disrupted jobs, supply chains, and daily life to record-breaking inflation and skyrocketing food prices, we’ve all felt the strain. Add to that rising energy costs, extreme weather events, political uncertainty, and global conflicts, and it’s clear we’re living in uncertain times. These challenges have exposed the fragility of our industrialized food system and global economy. But here’s the good news: tough times also teach us to adapt, to build resilience, and to take control of the things we can influence—like how we feed and care for our families.
As we head into the new year, many people are looking for ways to save money, become more self-sufficient, avoid the grocery store, and minimize the impact of soaring food costs whenever and wherever possible—a pantry challenge is the perfect way to start!
What is the Homestead Pantry Challenge?
The Annual Homestead Pantry Challenge is a completely FREE online challenge designed to help you:
- Save money
- Get organized
- Reduce food waste
- Expand your kitchen skills
- Test your creativity
- Boost your self-sufficiency
For the month of January, you’ll challenge yourself to shop from your pantry and food storage, focusing on meals that can be made with what you already have at home, or plan your meals around the food you have on hand, supplementing with a trip to the grocery store only when necessary.
This is a personal challenge with flexible “rules,” so anyone can join—whether you have a fully stocked pantry or are just starting to explore food storage and self-sufficiency.
The challenge will take place online, with:
- Weekly emails packed with resources, tips, and inspiration to help you succeed and maximize your savings.
- Instagram participation, where you can follow along and share photos of your pantry meals using the hashtag #HomesteadPantryChallenge.
Make 2025 the year you take control of your pantry, your budget, and your creativity in the kitchen!
I’m in! What’s next?
Enter your name and email address below and then check your inbox for an email from me with all of the challenge details, as well as resources and tips to help you get prepared for the challenge and know what to expect!
A note from me to you…
Hi there! I’m Anna, and I’m a city girl turned modern homesteader who’s passionate about growing, cooking and preserving real food at home, creating my own herbal medicine and all-natural home and body care products, and working toward a simpler, more sustainable, more self-sufficient life each and every day. And I’m equally passionate about helping others do the same!
I’ve been challenging myself to eat from our pantry every January for a number of years now, well before I even moved out of the city or started homesteading (so I’m proof that you don’t have to be a full-on homesteader to participate;)
Then a few years ago I hosted the first annual online Homestead Pantry Challenge and had such a great response that I knew I had to make it an annual thing! This year’s pantry challenge it comes at a time when we could all use a little extra help and motivation to make do with what we have on hand and flex our self-sufficiency muscles so that we’re ready for whatever lies ahead.
I hope you’ll join me in saving money, reducing food waste and increasing your self-sufficiency this January! Subscribe below to join in and get all the details sent to your inbox:)
