Annual Southeast Texas/Southwest Louisiana Crisis Preparation and Sustainable Living Expo set for Saturday
Published 10:50 am Wednesday, February 13, 2019
By Dawn Burleigh
The Orange Leader
Becoming a prepper can be overwhelming if one does not know where to start.
The 9th annual Southeast Texas/Southwest Louisiana Crisis Preparation and Sustainable Living Expo from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16 at Little Cypress Baptist Church located at 3274 Little Cypress Drive in Orange.
Classes on topics such as why prepare and how to get started, building a prepper community, pressure canning meat, prepping for man made disasters and conflicts, soap making, and living sustainably and food secure.
All classes are free, but ones such as pressure canning meat and soap making require pre registration to ensure all attending will have supplies.
To register for the classes, call 409-883-8905.
Along with classes, vendors will also be on site.
Classes are a hour each and several classes are available each hour beginning at 9 a.m. with an hour break from Noon until 1 p.m. The event begins at 8 a.m.
A class on chainsaw safety by James Huselton could benefit anyone who is considering purchasing a chainsaw, but has not used one before. Huselton is a part of the Texas Baptist Men’s Disaster Relief team who do chainsaw work after disasters all across the nation.
He will to speak about how to be safe with one of the most dangerous tools on the face of the earth. While this class will not prepare one to be a lumberjack, Huselton hopes it will prepare one to know when one is over one’s head in situation and how to keep one’s life and appendages, and to protect the lives of others.
A to Z Gardening class covers everything from soil to soil amendments, from square foot gardening to harvest and storage methods.
Classes change from year to year, so there is something new to learn with each visit.
The Southeast Texas/Southwest Louisiana Crisis Preparation and Sustainable Living Expo does not take responsibility for the advice or direction of the speakers. This is a grassroots community service that depends on the reputation of each speaker as shared by those that attend the annual event.
