West Virginia Off Grid Living
Survive & Thrive Expo
October 3-5, 2025
Join in on the fun and experience homesteading, off-grid living, preparedness, and survival all under one roof. Learn from the experts, meet the pros, and shop the diverse selection of vendors. This unique festival & expo will have something for everyone! Donating to The Tunnels to Towers Foundation.
Survival Slingshot Competitions – Kid’s Survival Corner – Food Trucks – The Best Off Grid Related Vendors – Entertainment – Enlightenment – And A Non-Denominational Faith’s Role in Survival Worship Service (Sunday Morning)
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Adults (18 yrs and older) – $12.00
Kids (17 yrs and under) – $5.00
Babies (3 yrs and under) – FREE
About the Expo:
October 3-5, 2025
WV State Fair Grounds, 947 Maplewood Ave, Lewisburg WV 24901.
Join us at the West Virginia Off Grid Living Survive & Thrive Expo to showcase related products, equipment, talents, experts, businesses, and to cater to thousands who are interested in flint knapping, bush craft, modern & primitive survival, off grid living equipment and supplies, tactical gear, wild edibles and medicinal plants, overlanding and more!
You Are Either Prepared....or You Are Not!
Learn about: Self Preparedness (Individuals, Families, & Communities for Manmade or Natural Disasters), Modern & Primitive Field Craft (Including Living History Demos), Off grid Energy Options & Innovations, The Faith, not Fear, Mindset (Faith in One’s Skills, Gear, & God), Animals of the Homestead (Meat Rabbits, Laying Hens, Goats, etc), Homestead Security (Tactical Systems, Weapons, & Strategies), Off Grid Survival & Camping Gear, Beekeeping on the Homestead, Hunting & Fishing Outfitters, Guide Services, & Off Grid Workshops, Short & Long-Term Survival meals, Off Grid Emergencies and Strategies, Overlanding Vehicles, Gardening on the Homestead, Cheese, Butter, Soap, & More Homestead Essentials, Food & Water Procurement, Processing, Purifying, Preservation (Canning, Dehydration, Freeze Drying), Wild Edibles & Medicinal Plants, Survival Traps & Snares, Cordage, Shelters, Knives, & Cooking/Warming Fires, Hide Tanning, and more!
Meet the Pros & Experts with Short Workshops (Including Celebrity Survivalists & Off Grid
Instructors)
Vendors, Vendors, and more VENDORS!
The Opportunity to Become Better Prepared & Self Reliant to Survive & Thrive Off Society’s Power Grid & to Network with Likeminded Folks
A Chance to Reconnect with the Lost Survival Ways that our Ancestors Practiced Daily
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SPONSORS
Can’t come but want to be noticed?
Become a Sponsor to promote your business or organization with high visibility signage at the venue.
Showcase your business with Signage for the entire weekend with one of these packages:
- The Individual Self-Preparedness Package: One 18″ X 20″ Sign at the venue and free admission for two for one day. $100.00
- The Self-Reliance Homesteader Package: One 3′ X 5′ Sign and free admission for four individuals (one day). $200.00
- The God and Guns Patriot Package: Two 3′ X 5′ Signs, free admission for six individuals (two days). $300.00
- The Ultimate Off-Grid Survivalist Package: Two 3′ X 5′ Signs, free admission for ten individuals (all three days), On-Site Dinner with the Celebrity Guests (Donor and immediate family members only), and exclusive access to the VIP Event Snack and Refreshments area. $500.00
NON-PROFITS
Non-Profit Booth – $50
10′ x 10′ Space, One Table
VENDORS
- 10′ x 10′ Space, One Table – $100
- 10′ x 20′ Space, Two Tables – $200
- 10′ x 30′ Space, Three Tables – $360
Would you rather send a check?
Make checks payable to: ” Forest Manna Outdoors LLC ” and mail to: 996 Tom Feamster Road, Alderson WV 24910.
Meet The Guest Experts
JOEL SALATIN
Joel Salatin “The Lunatic Farmer”! World renown sustainment & homestead farmer. Author of numerous books including Folks, This Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World. You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise. Pastured Poultry Profits. Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal. The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs: Respecting and Caring For All God’s Creation, and many more. In November 2024, Joel was tagged by President Donald Trump to serve as the Advisor to The Secretary of The United States Department of Agriculture. Joel also is the owner of the famed Polyface Farm featured in many viral YouTube videos. Joel will be appearing on Saturday only. www.polyfacefarms.com www.thelunaticfarmer.com/blog
EJ SNYDER
From the Discovery Channel’s hit series Naked & Afraid. Reality Show Celebrity Survivalist. Expert Survival Instructor. US Army Combat Veteran. EJ will be participating in meet & greets and sharing his knowledge during this one-of-a-kind weekend only in Greenbrier County West Virginia.
Isaiah Tuck
(Celebrity Survivalist)
Isaiah was a Contestant on Season 11 of the hit survivalist show “ALONE”. A combat deployed Airforce Veteran, he currently serving as a Game Warden with the WV DNR. A Bushcraft Expert. Isaiah will be present on Friday only and is looking forward to sharing his experiences and knowledge with you.
JAKE TRENT
Photographer, wilderness skills instructor, social media influencer and the owner/operator of Buckeye Bushcraft. Fieldcraft and Wilderness Survival Expert. Certified in Wilderness First Aid by the American Red Cross and is a former instructor at the Pathfinder School. Buckeyebushcraft.com
THE MAJOR
A multiple-deployed, combat arms soldier, paratrooper, and “maverick officer” who retired from the US Army after a thirty-year career. Former Forest Naturalist & Park Ranger with the WV DNR, and owner of Forest Manna Outdoors LLC (Survival Methodologies & Wild Edibles). Organizer of The WV Off Grid Expo, and an Army JROTC Instructor.
SCOTT WOMACK (PhD)
Living History Reenactor, Historian, Educator. Retired Military Cavalry Officer and Paratrooper. Homesteading Expert specializing in homestead livestock, honeybees, making honey mead, birch beer, meat processing, and more.
Barbara Volk
(The Herbalist Weed Wife)
A passionate medicinal plant expert and former President of the WV Herb Association, Barbara will discuss food as medicine, natural tinctures & ointments, processing fats into tallow and lard, and living a simple life and helping others learn to do the same. She has been using herbal medicine and food as medicine for more than 40 years and is a member of the WV Farm & Food Coalition. She is a Homesteader and Purveyor of the 150 acre Spotted Horse Farm in Hills of central West Virginia. www.spotted horsefarm.com
Steven Hudnall
(Pro Animal Control Agent)
The Owner of Triple H Outdoor Pursuits LLC & The Triple H Outdoor Pursuits Trapping School. Steven, a licensed Wildlife Damage Control Agent, has been protecting West Virginia homesteads and livestock since 1998! One of the most important skills any “homesteader” or “off-grid” enthusiast should learn is trapping, all trapping, but especially predator trapping! A pack of coyotes can devastate homestead livestock in a night or two. Steven will discuss homestead predator control methods, trap-sets, baits, locations and more.
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