For the past 20 years, Josh and Chiara Morris have built a 360-acre homestead in the Missouri Ozarks that today provides their family with all its own food, water, shelter, and energy, and even its income. It's a fully engineered system for self-reli
Choosing the right fence can save you thousands of dollars and years of frustration. The best homestead fencing ideas aren't about using the same fence everywhere. They're about understanding your property, your livestock, and your long-term goals so
When this community garden lost funding, buying compost became too expensive, and they simply couldn't produce enough themselves. Their solution was to grow in huge amounts of woodchips, including some that were surprisingly fresh.
Ten years ago, if you wanted solar power that actually did something -- not a trickle charger for a gate opener, real usable power -- you were looking at several thousand dollars minimum, and half of it went to lead-acid batteries that died in five
Only 13 months have passed since I wrote an article telling of my experience as a volunteer after the catastrophic storms and landslides that killed more than 60 people in my state's North Shore region.
Aircrete Harry comes on the show to discuss alternative building techniques, village project, Esperanza Azul Cooperative, aircrete, lavacrete, off-grid living, etc...
TJ Visiodei joins me for the first part of a conversation about decentralised real estate, off-grid living, food sovereignty, and building resilient communities beyond the reach of centralized systems.
On May 31st, 2026, journalist Derrick Broze shared a presentation at Rise & Vibes music festival. Derrick shared about his Exit & Build strategy and the need to build parallel, regenerative systems to compete with the old decaying systems which do no
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My garden is ruining my life, and I need to scale back. It has become too large and productive to manage, and I don't have the capacity to be homesteading full-time.
I'm out at Haven Village right now... spending the next couple weeks on the land, connecting with members, and dialing in the private realm side of the project. So I figured there was no better time to sit down with River and Imani and pull back the
Editor's Note: This article was originally inspired by a simple question that has quietly found its way into countless conversations over the last few years. What would actually happen if the systems we take for granted suddenly stopped working?