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04/17/2018 / By Joel M. Harrison

Food Independence: Learn how to build a simple, sustainable and humane system of raising meat chickens

Growing and harvesting your own vegetables and fruits is one thing. Living off them is another. Unless you’re growing plants that are particularly robust in terms of calories, the amount of effort put into growing them and the energy yielded from their consumption doesn’t balance out. Fortunately, adding meat to your diet more than makes up […]

11/28/2017 / By Russel Davis

Upcycling idea: How to make a DIY chicken coop from a swingset

The increase in poultry farm popularity remains a strong motivator among homesteaders to continually drive production. However, caring for poultry animals such as chickens may prove challenging as they require adequate space and a sheltered coop to protect them from the elements and predatory animals. Making a strong and sturdy chicken coop need not be expensive. […]

11/20/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Now or never: Time to reclaim our food independence

While most of us are proud of our country’s pioneer roots and awed by the strength and resilience of the early homesteaders, few of us would choose to live the way they did. Providing for themselves and their families meant that the frontier men and women worked hard every day from sunup to sundown. What […]

11/05/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Something to crow about: Your primer to raising baby chicks

Baby chicks are adorable, delicate, and are actually simple to raise. If you have an outdoor space and live in an area where raising chickens is allowed, you are one step closer to raising them. Here are some tips on how to raise baby chicks without spending so much money. Getting started One of the […]

10/21/2017 / By David Armstrong

The top 10 benefits of living in the country

In a recent podcast Natural News founder/editor Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, took a look at what makes country living much more fulfilling and why it is a much more sustainable lifestyle that living in the city. Adams should know. He lives on a ranch in central Texas and raises goats, chickens, donkeys and other […]

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