She provides demonstrations of spinning, shearing, milking, and cider-making. She sells hatching eggs, grows vegetables for a farmer's market and sells chicken and turkeys from her homestead. The Farm, founded in 1971 by a former English professor and 320 hippies, is perhaps the most recognized intentional community in the world. Not all the residents consider themselves homesteaders but they do share the same philosophy. It is a process, rather than an end-result.
Community plays a large part in many homesteader's lives.
I can't do it all by myself. Cheryl Jack publishes an on-line magazine and newsletter called City Blues, designed to show how to leave the rat race and live the dream. In his book and on his web site, he tells you where the water is pure, what the climate of a particular area will be like, and the importance of place. Once you acquire the mindset and the perfect homestead, you can find some of the necessities for living a simpler life at Products for the Homestead. They sell grain mills, water filters, stoves, lamps, food storage products, and much more.