Homesteading celebrates the art of self-sufficiency through growing your own food and living close to the land. While traditional homesteaders often manage larger rural properties, urban homesteading ...

Anaïs, left, Justin and Jordanne Dervaes carry on the family work at Urban Homestead that their father, Jules Dervaes Jr., started in 1985. In 1984, a determined back-to-earther named Jules Dervaes Jr ...

There’s something quietly magnetic about the idea of starting over somewhere quieter, greener, and more grounded. For some, it’s a passing daydream — an Instagram-worthy fantasy of linen aprons and ...

JACKSON PARISH, La. (KNOE) - Homesteading is all about living off the land—and in Eros, Louisiana, that lifestyle was engaged as residents gathered for the town’s first-ever Miller Homestead Fair. The ...

In recent years, interest in homesteading has been steadily rising, but nowhere is this trend more evident than on TikTok. Homesteading – a lifestyle centered on self-sufficiency and often involving ...

The MOTHER EARTH NEWS 2014 Homesteaders of the Year have taken self-reliance into their own hands, and with a little time invested in learning new skills, you, too, can achieve the DIY life and build ...

Rick Scarlet spent years moving barges on the Mississippi River and listening to co-workers complain about ever-increasing electric bills. During his off months, Scarlet chose to live in a teepee in ...

Her family—parents Nell and John, sister Jeanette, brother John and Linda—"proved up" on 160 acres of land just six miles from downtown Anchorage. Her father filed for the land in 1946. She describes ...

Letters From Happy Valley: Memories of an Alaska Homesteader’s Son, by Dan L. Walker. Ember Press, 2018. 230 pages. $17.99. Several years ago, Seward resident Dan Walker received an unexpected gift in ...

Almost two years ago, James Alofs ditched life in Los Angeles and China for a 40-acre piece of land in the middle of the Canadian woods - and he hasn't looked back since. Alofs, 39, has chosen to live ...