The New Homesteaders

An Honest Guide to Growing, Raising, and Preserving Your Own Food

von Dai Tran

106 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Grocery prices have climbed roughly a third since 2020. Consumer confidence in the U.S. food supply has fallen to just 55%. And in 2026, two major outbreaks - a Salmonella recall tied to over 1.5 million dozen eggs, and a Cyclospora outbreak linked to bagged lettuce that ultimately sickened nearly 13,000 people - landed in a country already primed to notice. It's no surprise that raised beds and backyard coops are showing up in more yards than they used to.This book won't tell you that growing your own food will fix any of that. It will give you the real numbers, the real trade-offs, and the real legal fine print instead.Inside, you'll get an honest financial framework for what homesteading actually costs and saves (hint: it's rarely a simple win, and this book shows you the math instead of the marketing). You'll get practical, space-flexible guidance on vegetable gardening - including why renters, not homeowners, are now leading the surge in seed purchases. You'll get a full breakdown of backyard poultry economics, worked against real feed and egg-price data, plus honest coverage of rabbits, dairy goats, and beekeeping for households ready to go further. A safety-first chapter on canning, fermenting, dehydrating, and root cellaring points you to the actual authoritative sources - not guesswork. And because zoning, HOA covenants, and water law can quietly end a homesteading project before it starts, a dedicated chapter shows you exactly what to check, and where, before you spend a dollar.Along the way, this book is honest about what most homesteading content isn't: that a documented share of people who start this don't stick with it, that home food production isn't automatically safer than store-bought, and that the payoff is often more about resilience and satisfaction than dollars saved.Whether you're gardening from an apartment balcony or planning a small flock on a suburban lot, this book gives you the sourced, unglamorous truth you need to start well - and keep going.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798174889200
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published