Why Every Teen Should Learn to Grow Food
From Unshackled Living | Exit the System with Food Sovereignty, Homeschooling, Natural Health and Bitcoin by Jarrett Vaughan | Urban Farmer, Bitcoin Educator, Sovereign Living Advocate
April 7, 2026 · 51 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the importance of teaching teens to grow food and cook, highlighting the benefits of food sovereignty and practical life skills.
Most students graduate high school without knowing how to cook a meal or grow food.In this conversation, high school teacher Matt Rempel shares how teaching cooking and urban farming is helping students develop confidence, independence, and real world life skills.Learning to grow food and prepare meals is more than a hobby. It is a step toward food sovereignty, self reliance, and family sovereignty in an increasingly fragile global food system.Matt explains how gardening reconnects students to the real world, why cooking builds confidence, and how these practical skills spark deeper conversations about supply chains, health, and independence.This conversation explores urban farming, alternative education, raising independent kids, and building resilient families in a world that often disconnects young people from the basics of life.Topics include:• Food sovereignty and self reliance• Urban farming and backyard food production• Alternative education and independent learning• Raising independent kids• Family sovereignty and practical life skills• Building resilient familiesWatch the full episode and explore sovereign living.Subscribe now for conversations about financial…
People in this episode
Host: Jarrett Vaughan
Guest: Matt Rempel
Topics covered
- food sovereignty
- urban farming
- alternative education
- independent learning
- family sovereignty
- practical life skills
- resilient families
Keywords
- food sovereignty
- urban farming
- cooking skills
- independence
- alternative education
- resilient families
- self reliance
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