Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening.

Claudette Schroer, at left, Jeff Schroer, Jason Schroer, and Laurie Schroer pose for a photograph next to the Hoosier Homestead Farm centennial award sign at their farm in Columbus on Friday. Nine ...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Chemung County announced that it will be hosting the “Homesteading and Small Farm Symposium” for farming individuals looking to expand ...

GURLEY, Ala (WHNT) – “We try to work with nature, not against it.” For Matthew and Melissa Harman, that philosophy is the foundation of Harman Ridge Homestead. Rooted in a regenerative agriculture ...

One by one, Nick Bailey has seen them disappear — the ancestral farms in Forest Hill that always flanked his own. The land is sold, mom-and-pop homesteads are plowed under, and upscale houses sprout ...

Over the last two decades, my mother has devoted herself to creating a small homestead farm in upstate New York. I’ve had a front-row seat to the tribulations and glories of raising a large flock of ...

If you’ve ever dreamed of owning land to start a homestead, farm, or even just live a simpler, more self-sufficient life, you’re not alone. More and more people are turning their attention to rural ...

Jeff and Sharon Beck of Bargersville pose on their farm near their Hoosier Homestead plaque. The Hoosier Homestead award is a state program honoring farms that have remained in the same family for ...