#homesteading

#homesteading

It's not often that pickle kerfuffles make the news cycle, much less in a way that spreads across state lines and becomes a symbol of self-sufficiency and cottage food regulations. But who can resist a story about homemade pickles, a local home-canner sharing the love, and a city council allegedly forced to action? It put them in a pickle, as the saying goes. The city is Manchester, New Hampshire, and the issue revolves around a newly coined term for an old-school practice called homesteading.

Despite my husband and my family's belief that our decision to leave the matrix to live on a homestead in the mountains was spontaneous, people don't just wake up one day and realize they don't fit in. That moment of clarity is the culmination of years of being different. After all, in high school, I was voted least likely to conform.

Hannah Neeleman, the face of the lifestyle brand Ballerina Farm and "tradwife" influencer known for cooking elaborate meals from scratch, doesn't overthink lunch. "It's super simple," Neeleman told Business Insider. Most days, the 35-year-old entrepreneur and homesteader prepares a simple, balanced meal consisting of a carb, a lean protein, and some vegetables for herself, her husband, Daniel Neeleman, and their eight homeschooled kids.

Chip Gaines defended same-sex couple Jason and Joe Hanna-Riggs featured in 'Back to the Frontier,' after backlash for including an LGBTQ+ family in the series.

The title is definitely a connection to the 40 acres and a mule promise to formerly enslaved people, paying tribute to Black settlers from the Underground Railroad.