homesteaders definition
Homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food, and it may or may not also involve the small scale production of textiles, clothing, and craftwork for household use or sale. Pursued in different ways around the worldâand in different historical erasâhomesteading is generally differentiated from rural village or commune living by isolation of the homestead. Use of the term in the United States dates back to the ...