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Famous fried chicken aside, Kentucky is a great place for those seeking a life in the country. Between the…

The Christmas season begins on Rusty Metal Farm with the traditional selecting, cutting and bringing home of the…

Cresting the northern portion of our nation’s capital, the state of Maryland is perhaps better known for its…

Country roads, take us home! John Denver may not have actually called West Virginia his home, but famous tune has…

Virginia’s state slogan may be that the mid-Atlantic commonwealth is for lovers, but is it for farmers and…

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In the suburbs of Washington, D.C., where I grew up, the entire metropolitan area will shut down for a light…

Whether you want to homestead, raise livestock, produce wind energy or all three, Iowa is a good place to be.…

Family farms and homesteads are important to Ohio's agriculture.|Image by David Mark from Pixabay The Buckeye…

Indiana has plenty of prime farmland and resources to establish small family farms and homesteads. |Image by David…

Illinois has some of the best farmland in the country for raising crops and livestock.|Image by David Mark from…

For anyone looking to start a homestead, Wisconsin has a little bit of almost everything to offer.|Photo by David…