A GLIMPSE INTO MODERN HOMESTEADING

When someone thinks of homesteading, they visualize a simpler time with no technology, traveling using horses and wagons and living off the land. Homesteading originated from the Homestead Act of 1862, when the government enticed people to move west by giving them the right to claim 162 acres of land. Homesteading once again became mainstream in the 1990s asthegogreenmovementgained momentum interweaving with homesteading to create a new type of homesteading with a goal of self-sufficiency, resourcefulness and eating less processed foods. Who would have thought that homesteading would once again be a lifestyle trend. In our area, nestled six miles directly north of the Avon City limits on 406th Avenue is one version of a modern homestead, Tiny Acres Homestead.