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Each year, millions of Americans flee the cities — and the traffic and stress — for a more enjoyable rural life. This week’s guests on Off The Grid Radio did that, too, and then went a step further by building ...

Off-grid living has many shapes and forms, but living on a 1970 converted school bus generally isn’t one of them. Yet one American family is doing exactly that, and on this week’s encore presentation of Off The Grid Radio, we talk ...

Summer gardening season is quickly coming to an end, with fall approaching and winter just around the corner. Although some gardeners put their tools away for the season during August or September, others keep planting throughout autumn – preparing for ...

Homesteading is becoming more and more popular, but few off-gridders choose a location deep into the wilderness, far removed from roads and accessible only by seaplane. But that is what Ron and Johanna Melchiore did 16 years ago when they ...

Most financial advice tells you how to make money, but it’s rare to hear expert advice on how to protect and keep your money safe. For example, what if someone sued you following an automobile accident – and cleaned out ...

The average child spends 6.5 hours each day looking at screens – cell phones, tablets, computers and televisions. Meanwhile, boys play an average of 11.3 hours of video games a week. If you think all of this screen time is ...

Imagine living in a state where it’s legal to purchase raw milk – and then being prohibited by police from doing so. It may sound crazy, but “raw milk busts” — not much different from drug busts — are becoming ...

Each spring and summer, gardeners and homesteaders plan their gardens with the goal of growing the most vegetables possible. But few of them consider aquaponics, a growing method that involves fish and allows gardeners to grow far more vegetables than ...

Homesteaders and off-gridders often look to the past for wisdom, studying how those who came before us – that is, our ancestors — survived tough times without modern conveniences. Many of them had no cars, computers, electricity or even running ...

With the Fourth of July only days away, Americans soon will be looking to the past – to the country’s founding – for words of wisdom and inspiration. But as is often the case, what we hear on TV and ...