Show notes at Keith Snow.com

Unless you are living under a rock you’ve witnessed the utter explosion of homesteading that is happening in the united states. For a variety of reasons, people from all walks of life are ditching cities and suburbia with their traffic, consumerism, the explosion of Karens, plandemic mandates and nonsense, Hoa’s, and other factors to live in the country.

Terms like regenerative ag, Permaculture, permaculture orchard, pasture-raised, rotational grazing, homes-steading, home butchering, family farming, free-range chickens, mini-farm, off-grid, decentralized food movement are terms that are becoming common in our cultural vernacular.

““We chose homesteading to have more control over what we eat (healthier, fresher) and to teach our children these skills. It’s important to us that they become good stewards of the land and it’s provisions, valuing what has been provided. It has also taught the basic principle ‘you have to work to eat’ in a very real way.””

— Stephanie, The Accidental Country Girl

Why is this happening? What is causing an old-school lifestyle that most of our grandparents participated in so attractive to us modern, computer & tech-savvy people? Who wants to scoop poop or collect chicken eggs or make compost piles or milk goats or cows?

Isn’t our next-day Amazon deliveries, Uber shuttle, Grub hub, Hello Fresh wifi, and wired lifestyle so awesome? All the screens, Tic Tok, youtube, Instagram….pandemic pay, gaming…this is all we need right?

Many millennial farmers have found the personal freedom that comes with sustainable living as the main benefit of this lifestyle. Days that begin and end outside are dictated by what the homesteader chooses to do. 

A peaceful Montana Farm in The Bitterroot Valley

There is visible proof of the homesteader’s accomplishments at the end of each day, whether that is a new mulched no-dig garden bed, batch of yogurt put to innoculate, baby goat kids jumping all over,  cover crops planted, potatoes dug, etc. Satisfaction is built in!

There’s a world of difference between driving in traffic, sitting in climate-controlled office space, dealing with bitchy customers, woke human resource policies, spreadsheets, sitting at a desk sending hundreds of emails compared to pruning peach or apple trees, and canning green beans.. Life on a property is much more relaxing, less stressful, and more rewarding.

There can be a feeling of freedom if producing some or most of one’s own power or food, solar panels, wind turbines, micro-hydro are all possible with the right property.

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Resources:

https://www.thejustinrhodesshow.com/

https://www.youtube.com/c/PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL

https://afarmishkindoflife.com/reasons-to-homestead/

https://afarmishkindoflife.com/reasons-to-homestead/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jrose/2020/08/06/time-to-move-data-suggests-americans-may-flee-to-rural-areas-post-covid/?sh=4504dba17161

https://www.northamerican.com/migration-map

https://www.ninemile.farm/