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 ...

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 ...

Old homestead handbooks were packed with practical recipes designed to preserve food and stretch simple ingredients. In this ...