We can debate relationships, politics, culture, sports, celebrities, and everything happening on social media—but how much time are we spending thinking about something much more basic:

How will we feed ourselves and our families if the systems we depend on stop working the way we expect?

In the first episode of Worth Carrying, Larry challenges us to rethink food security, self-reliance, and just how dependent we've become on systems outside of our control.

After moving away from Atlanta, Larry felt compelled to learn how to grow and produce food for himself. That experience changed the way he looked at preparedness—and made him question how much of our attention is consumed by things that may not actually matter when life gets difficult.

This conversation explores growing food, preserving it, fishing, hunting, raising animals, processing meat, supporting local farmers, building community, and developing practical skills before they're urgently needed.

Supporting farmers matters. Buying local matters. Building relationships with the people who produce our food matters.

But this episode asks a bigger question:

Is buying food from someone else the same thing as being food secure?

This isn't about fear, and it isn't about having everything figured out.

It's about getting out of paralysis by analysis and beginning to develop the knowledge, relationships, resources, and practical skills that can make individuals, families, and communities more resilient.

Because some things deserve more than our attention.

Some knowledge deserves to be preserved.
Some skills deserve to be passed down.
Some conversations deserve to continue.

Some things are Worth Carrying.

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