Community

Homesteading articles about Community as it pertains to homesteaders, farming, animal husbandry, gardening, and myriad other topics discussed at Homestead.org, collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.

Bowery Farming: An Interview with Co-Founder and CEO Irving Fain

When Irving Fain started Bowery Farms he had a dream; to provide the world with healthy, fresh, pesticide-free greens to…

6 months ago

Giving Back To Your Community

By the time we get through Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday, it is easy to…

6 months ago

Check Out These Seeds! Grow Hardy Plants and Preserve the Food Chain with a Seed Library

Grow Hardy Plants and Preserve the Food Chain with a Seed Library It occurred to me, as I was writing…

1 year ago

Keep More Cash in Your Wallet by Bartering

During the economic recession in the early ‘70s, I was a stay-at-home mom with three children. My husband was a…

2 years ago

Finding Community on the Homestead: Your People are Out There.

Homesteading can be a solitary affair and finding community on the homestead can be difficult.  Something about living in tune…

2 years ago

Prospering Together — Cooperation, Not Competition

Are you living a prosperous life?  Do you consider yourself a success?  As the economy continues to struggle, many of…

2 years ago

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Country Neighbors

When we first bought the land that would one day become Ivy Hill Farm it was a desolate February day,…

3 years ago

Redefining Neighborhoods Back on the Land

It has been speculated that until recent history, around the 1600-1700s, Western people were not much interested in helping each…

3 years ago

Homestead Tech: Where’s my Signal?

  In the 1960’s TV series Green Acres, the main character “Oliver”, who is from New York, buys a farm in…

5 years ago