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How to Make Raw Milk Cheese at Home, According to an Expert Farmer
Beth Dougherty, co-author of ‘The Independent Farmstead,’ shares beginner-friendly tips and a recipe—plus why your cheese won’t taste like anyone else’s.
Grace, Goats, and a Dairy Cow: How 2 Self-Taught Farmers Turned Rejected Land Into Their Dream Homestead
Shawn and Beth Dougherty found a path forward in the old way of farming, creating a self-sufficient farmstead where both the land and their family could thrive.
Preschool Teacher Rejects Modern Ideas of Parenting, Turns to Homesteading and Making Handcrafted Goat Milk Soap
The mom of 5 believes that world is “desperate for wholesome family culture” and traditional living. “The pendulum seems to be swinging back the other direction
10 Months, 45 States, a Second Chance: How a Couple Fought for Their Marriage and Found Home
Ben and Meg Hollar, of the popular YouTube channel The Hollar Homestead, built a new life for their family on a fixer-upper North Carolina homestead.
We Can’t Teach People Homesteading Without Teaching This Skill, Says Homesteader and Mom of 6
Jessica Sowards, the homesteader and YouTuber behind Roots and Refuge Farm, is guided by the desire to build community and connection—starting at home.
Leading All the Little Lights: Homesteaders of America Founder on the Importance of Community
For Amy Fewell, community and connection are at the heart of the homesteading movement. She’s found her calling in fostering it.
The Joy of Living ‘Old-Fashioned on Purpose’
It’s a lifestyle our modern world needs more than ever, says author and homesteader Jill Winger
