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From Rats and Poor Soil to a Permaculture Paradise: How a New Jersey Homesteader Built Her Dream
On a 6-acre homestead in rural New Jersey, Angela Ferraro-Fanning is weaving an interconnected web of land, animals, and people.
January 17, 2025
BY
Ryan Cashman
This Homesteading Mom of 11 Pressure Cans Hundreds of Jars of Food Each Year. She Thinks You Should Too.
Carolyn Thomas shares expert pressure canning tips and a beginner-friendly recipe.
July 24, 2024
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Ryan Cashman
Teen Boys Can’t Have Phones Until They Do These 5 Tasks, Says This Mom: ‘It’s Better to Be Parenting the Hard Way’
A Texas mother of five doesn't believe in blindly parenting or following something just because others think it's ...
July 15, 2024
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Tyler Wilson
How to Make Raw Milk Cheese at Home, According to an Expert Farmer
Beth Dougherty, co-author of 'The Independent Farmstead,' shares beginner-friendly tips and a recipe—plus why your cheese won't taste ...
June 26, 2024
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Ryan Cashman
Grace, Goats, and a Dairy Cow: How 2 Self-Taught Farmers Turned Rejected Land Into Their Dream Homestead
Shawn and Beth Dougherty found a path forward in the old way of farming, creating a self-sufficient farmstead ...
June 26, 2024
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Ryan Cashman
Preschool Teacher Rejects Modern Ideas of Parenting, Turns to Homesteading and Making Handcrafted Goat Milk Soap
The mom of 5 believes that world is "desperate for wholesome family culture" and traditional living. "The pendulum ...
June 14, 2024
BY
Anna Mason
10 Months, 45 States, a Second Chance: How a Couple Fought for Their Marriage and Found Home
Ben and Meg Hollar, of the popular YouTube channel The Hollar Homestead, built a new life for their ...
April 27, 2024
BY
Ryan Cashman
We Can’t Teach People Homesteading Without Teaching This Skill, Says Homesteader and Mom of 6
Jessica Sowards, the homesteader and YouTuber behind Roots and Refuge Farm, is guided by the desire to build ...
November 17, 2023
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Ryan Cashman
Leading All the Little Lights: Homesteaders of America Founder on the Importance of Community
For Amy Fewell, community and connection are at the heart of the homesteading movement. She's found her calling ...
October 4, 2023
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Ryan Cashman
The Joy of Living ‘Old-Fashioned on Purpose’
It's a lifestyle our modern world needs more than ever, says author and homesteader Jill Winger
September 26, 2023
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Barbara Danza
Homesteading Mom of 5 Says She Saves $12,000 a Year by Growing and Preserving Food
A meal-prepping pro from Michigan says she has enough meals in her pantry to last for the next ...
August 27, 2023
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Southern Mom Rediscovers Rural Roots on Ohio Homestead Next to the Amish
It’s a picture-perfect summer morning amid the rolling green hills of southwest Ohio, and Melissa Renee settles into ...
July 14, 2023
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Jeff Louderback
In Ohio’s Amish Country, Sustainable Living Traditions Inspire Entrepreneurship
MILLERSBURG, Ohio—In a warehouse outside of this village in Ohio’s Amish Country, Brenton Wengerd walks along aisles of ...
July 2, 2023
BY
Jeff Louderback
IN-DEPTH: ‘Homesteading Tsunami’: Thousands Flock to Self Reliance Summit in Ohio’s Amish Country
WALNUT CREEK, Ohio—Amid the rolling green hills of eastern Ohio, Amish and Mennonite farms dot the landscape along ...
June 28, 2023
BY
Jeff Louderback
‘We’ve Lost Our Way’: How Old School Boot Camp in Ohio Is Teaching Self-Sufficiency Skills
VINTON COUNTY, Ohio—People from all walks of life across 25 states and Canada flocked to the Old School ...
May 17, 2023
BY
Jeff Louderback
Justin Rhodes’s Homesteading Journey: How an Entrepreneur Became the ‘Crazy Chicken Ninja’
If the COVID-19 pandemic taught the American people anything, it's that the institutions and systems we have held ...
February 1, 2023
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Ryan Cashman
A Family’s Path from Devastating Diagnosis to Health and Wealth
A mysterious diagnosis can be daunting on its own. Add to that the demands of money and time ...
December 9, 2022
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Amy Denney
Surprised by Hope: An Afternoon With Homesteaders
Start with a bright October sun and a blanket of blue sky. Add nearly 150 vendors and their ...
October 18, 2022
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Jeff Minick
Comfort Foods and Confessions From a Minnesota Homestead
Before moving to her 15-acre Minnesota homestead with her family in 2011, Amanda Rettke jokes that she thought ...
June 8, 2022
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Rachael Dymski
What You Need to Know Before Getting Backyard Chickens
Urban and suburban residents have a newfound interest in backyard chicken keeping. Though this interest has seen a ...
May 25, 2022
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Stephanie Thurow
Homesteading Is Gaining Popularity: A Practice That Is Deeply Rooted in the Missouri Ozarks
After last year’s lockdowns and food shortages, a trend to be more self-sufficient has grown. Throughout the country, ...
July 13, 2021
BY
Jessica Marie Baumgartner
Why Homestead? The Case for Being Old-Fashioned on Purpose
The familiar buzz of my iPhone reverberated through my pocket, and my hand instinctively fished the thin rectangle ...
July 18, 2019
BY
Jill Winger
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