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Raw milk is still illegal in Montana, as the state’s Senate killed a bill that would have allowed for limited sales of the unpasteurized product. “It does not provide adequate disease, drug or antibiotic testing,” Krista Lee Evans said of ...

A 77-year old Montana resident is facing 15 years in federal prison for building ponds on and hear his own property, charged by the federal government for discharging dredged and fill material. The man, disabled veteran Joseph Robertson, also could ...

Sweating heavily and wearing too much cologne apparently helped lead to the seizure of $16,000 from a California farmer who had travelled to Montana in part to buy farm equipment. To add insult to injury, the money was taken without ...

New York City is a long way from rural Montana, not only geographically but also culturally. Yet it’s a journey that city boy-turned-homesteader Rich Scheben successfully made, and on this week’s edition of Off The Grid Radio, Scheben shares his ...

Two new cases in Montana and Minnesota are testing the limits of the legal doctrine known as “stand your ground,” which gives broad discretion to individuals to defend themselves, even if the other person was not armed. In both cases, ...

Host Bill Heid talks to homesteader Rich Scheben, an off-the-gridder in rural Montana who says every middle class Americans should consider living a self-sufficient lifestyle – and how it’s much easier to do so than is commonly believed. Scheben’s story ...

Montana gunmakers want the federal government to “butt out” of gun sales which take place within the state, and they’ve sued the US Justice Department in an attempt to do just that. The lawsuit filed by the Montana Shooting Sports ...

Editor’s note: This article is the second piece in our series on gardening for your specific location. Check back every day this week for a new featured area of the country! If you live and garden in the Rocky Mountains, ...

Rich Scheben is living every prepper’s fantasy. Nestled in the mountains of northwestern Montana on 150 acres, Rich’s beautiful log home overlooks a panorama of wildlife and forestry. The waters running through this land teem with fish; deer and bear ...