A city food-growing strategy can include planting crops in sunny abandoned lots. People’s Grocery has transformed this Oakland, Calif., lot into a community garden in an effort to bring healthy, local ...

You don't have to grow up on a farm to become a chicken-raising, denim-donning, goat-hugging homesteader. Mix one go-getter family, acreage with good soil, and a farmhouse outfitted with a small wind ...

Wondering how to find homestead land? Read on! For many people, the dream of owning their own land is a powerful one. There are few things more satisfying than being able to look out at your own ...

Holiday shopping season is here, and we’re excited to share our favorite homesteading books that would make great gifts for many people on your list. We didn’t want to play favorites — and besides, it ...

The Nourishing Homestead: One Back-to-the-Land Family’s Plan for Cultivating Soil, Skills, and Spirit by Ben Hewitt, with Penny Hewitt, Chelsea Green Publishing, 352 pages. $29.95. Full of advice, ...