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Okie Homesteading Expo Boosts Pryor’s Population, Promotes Self-Sufficiency

4/9/2026

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The Okie Homesteading Expo in Pryor, Oklahoma, drew about 3,000 attendees in March, boosting the town's population of roughly 9,700.
Participants engaged in activities such as butchering a pig and learning self-sufficiency through home schooling and food preservation.
Sean Farnsworth and Kevin Pritchett, founders of the Okie Homesteading Expo, say they left corporate life to spur crisis preparedness through self-sufficiency.

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The Okie Homesteading Expo in Pryor, Oklahoma, drew about 3,000 attendees in March, boosting the town's population of roughly 9,700.
Participants engaged in activities such as butchering a pig and learning self-sufficiency through home schooling and food preservation.
Sean Farnsworth and Kevin Pritchett, founders of the Okie Homesteading Expo, say they left corporate life to spur crisis preparedness through self-sufficiency.