11 Best Canning Podcasts to Listen to (2026)

I'm Molly Bravo. I'm a chef by trade and homeschool mom who has spent years catering beautiful farm-to-table events in the Santa Cruz Mountains before realizing the most important table I needed to feed was my own. My grandmother Alberta didn't have a meal plan. She didn't have DoorDash. She had a pantry, a pressure canner, a sourdough starter that lived on her counter for decades, and the kind of confidence that comes from knowing that no matter what happened out there, her family was going to eat. The Sovereign Kitchen Society is a weekly deep dive into the kitchen skills our grandparents practiced without thinking. (The ones that kept families fed, healthy, and self-sufficient long before the grocery store became the whole plan.) Every episode goes deep on one skill. The history behind it. What happened when we stopped doing it. And exactly how to do it yourself, starting this week, in the kitchen you already have. We cover fermentation, bone broth, sourdough, pressure canning, water bath canning, seasonal sourcing, pantry building, whole animal cooking, seed saving, herbal remedies, and scratch cooking that makes your grocery bill shrink and your family's health transform. My first book, The Essential Canning Cookbook , is your starting point for food preservation. My second book, coming soon, is about building a pantry that will support you, no matter what is going on in the world. This show lives between those two books and goes deeper than either of them. If you've felt the pull toward a slower, more intentional life and toward knowing where your food comes from, building real skills with your hands, and raising the next generation with the confidence that comes from true self-sufficiency, pull up a chair. We're gathering the wisdom of our elders. We're passing it forward. And we're building kitchens that can feed our families no matter what. New episodes every week. Go deeper at wylderspace.com/education more

Desperate to grow, cook, and preserve real food for your family in only 5-10 hours a week, but stuck as a new homesteader looking for practical, tried and true methods that work? You wanted those pantry shelves filled yesterday, but the more you try, the more it seems a distant pipe dream. Online content is filled with impractical, untried homesteading advice, which wastes your precious time and money. Everyday Homesteading steps in with practical, tested solutions, cutting through the chaos with clear plans tailored for busy beginners to reclaim your family's health and independence through gardening, raising livestock, fresh seasonal cooking, herbal medicine and safe food preservation. Hosted by veteran homesteaders, Josh and Carolyn Thomas, who grow 70% of their family's food while running two businesses and homeschooling their large family, they have mastered practical homesteading for busy modern families. They have taught hundreds of thousands of new homesteaders to thrive with real-life homesteading through their online platforms Homesteading Family and School of Traditional Skills. Tune in weekly to learn how to grow, cook, and preserve your family's food, ditch health-destroying toxins, and save money monthly on groceries, all while building strong relationships and a sustainable legacy for your kids. Hit play now! more

Pioneering Today is all about getting back to basics, simple living, and self-sufficiency with old-fashioned skills and wisdom in a modern world. With heirloom gardening, canning, preserving the harvest, from scratch cooking, raising your own food, including livestock (backyard chickens, pigs, and cattle), natural medicine, herbs, DIY like soap making along with living a simple self-sufficient life, no matter where you live. Hosted by 5th generation homesteader, Melissa K. Norris, author of The Made-from-Scratch Life. This podcast brings you the conversation from MelissaKNorris.com and The Pioneering Today Academy, with Q&A's, teaching, tutorials, and always giving you practical ways and tips to live the simple and self-sufficient life. more

Get out your jars! Canning Season is an uplifting show dedicated to home canning and food preservation. it's all about 'Celebrating and sharing the abundance.'® Canning Season first ran in 2013-2014 and came back in 2020. more

Helping you live the live you life you choose on your terms. Living Free in Tennessee chronicles how we build our homestead, develop independence, plan and manage time and grow and preserve food sustainably - from a woman's point of view. more

Want to learn to safely preserve food at home? Join Master Preservers Anna Cash and Jenny Gomes as they teach you all the ins and outs of canning, from water bath canning, to steam canning, to pressure canning. You'll learn tested, up-to-date techniques that work for a modern, busy home. Each episode will cover a specific topic relevant to food preservation such as canning equipment, excellent recipe choices for both beginner and intermediate canners, and even other methods of food preservation such as dehydration, fermentation, and freeze drying. Friends and food preservation enthusiasts Anna and Jenny will guide you expertly and share laughs along the way.  more

Homesteading Made Simple is a podcast about practical homesteading skills for real life. Homesteading looks a lot different in real life than it does on the internet, and this podcast is about making it feel doable. I'm Wendi, and each episode focuses on homesteading skills that actually fit into everyday life. We talk about gardening, food storage, food preservation, kitchen skills, preparedness, and self-reliance. The calm, common-sense kind. Not extreme. Not fear-based. You'll also hear about real estate, land, and choosing homes that support homesteading and self-reliant living. Whether you're dreaming of land, managing a backyard homestead, or simply making better decisions where you live, real estate plays a big role in the life you're building. This podcast is practical, honest, and rooted in real experience. Some lessons go smoothly. Others are learned the hard way. Either way, the goal is the same. Build skills. Build confidence. Keep it simple. New episodes release regularly. Subscribe and start building homesteading skills that support a more prepared, capable life. On Homesteading Made Simple, you'll hear conversations around questions like: How do I start homesteading when I don't have land or a perfect setup? What homesteading skills actually matter most for everyday life? How do I build real homesteading skills without getting overwhelmed? What does modern homesteading look like for families today? How do gardening, food storage, and kitchen skills work together on a homestead? How can homesteading make life feel calmer, not harder? What does preparedness look like for homesteaders who don't want to live in fear? How do I become more self-reliant through simple homesteading skills? How does real estate and land choice affect homesteading success? How do I build confidence and capability at home, one skill at a time? more

Diane Devereaux, The Canning Diva®, is an internationally-syndicated food preservation expert and award-winning author who has spent over 30 years mastering the art and craft of home canning and food preservation. This podcast will share delicious water bath and pressure canning recipes from all five of her published works, will give tips and techniques on how to preserve food in jars, dehydrate, freeze and so much more. Diane will also share culinary techniques, dive into the science and math used to safely preserve food and provide her personal experiences along the way. Learn how to safely preserve food for long-term storage with Diane's long-standing podcast, Canning with The Diva!™.  more

This podcast chronicles my homesteading journey on 7 acres in Ohio with my husband, chickens, bees and garden. This podcast is meant to be a bridge between nature centered homesteading and the more girly aspects of your life. Some topics discussed on my show are: what it means to be a homesteader, beekeeping, food preservation, self sufficiency, gardening for beginners, planners, backyard chickens, seasonal living, year round gardening, nontoxic homemaking, holistic living, safer skincare, hunting, clean beauty, real food cooking, canning basics, rural living, and living in the Midwest! more

Welcome to The Holstein House Podcast! I'm Robin, and this podcast is all about practical self-sufficiency for everyday life. Learn to save money, build a complete food pantry, master classic recipes, and manage a successful micro-homestead and bed & breakfast. My journey started as an Army wife and then a single mother of two sons on a tight budget, and now I use those decades of experience to help you achieve frugal living and food security. We deep dive into food preservation methods like home canning, freezing, and dehydrating. You'll also follow the adventures on our small-scale homestead with container gardening, chickens, and ducks. I also share tips on earning income by hosting guests through my B&B business, robinholstein.com. Ready to build a better life? Subscribe and join our community! more

Hands-on homesteading talk from Scott and Tina in rural Mississippi. Every Friday we share honest, practical advice on raising chickens, growing food, canning, and living a more self-sufficient life. Whether you are just starting out or years into your homestead journey, pull up a chair and join us. New episodes every Friday. more