According to the National Park Service, as early as 1866, when the law stated that Blacks were allowed to benefit from the Homestead Act signed by Abraham Lincoln, homesteading became the entry way ...

Growing fears that Washington is descending into chaos and taking the country with it is fueling the growing prepper movement, so much so that a prepper homestead Christmas catalog is debuting this ...

Homesteading and prepping can both help people prepare for disasters and become self-sufficient Homesteaders often grow food and raise animals, and preserve food, while preppers generally try to keep ...

Is ‘doomsday prepping’ going mainstream? Amid disease and shortages, preppers at the Homesteading and Prepping Summit near St. Augustine say they’re onto something. Enterprise Reporter/Culture The ...

Homesteading is living off the land, but social media influencers have added a modern spin. After the pandemic, war, and inflation, it's grown even more attractive. Prepping, another survivalist-style ...

Last year, on assignment for Outside magazine, I headed down to South Carolina to hang out with a bunch of neo-survivalists who call themselves “preppers.” These preppers were basically ordinary ...

What fascinated me was how the preppers, who are largely (though not entirely) a right-wing bunch, have much in common with today’s crunchy neo-homesteaders. They’re both interested in ...