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In an extreme form, homesteaders grow, hunt and forage their own food, make their own clothes, concoct their own cleaning products and generate their own energy by means of solar, wind or water energy. They also will craft any games, activities and hobbies they and their children enjoy. Obviously, food preservation is also involved here, usually in the form of canning.

Historically, governments have encouraged homesteading with actual legal acts to encourage the migration to unpopulated, less desirable regions. There was usually government support offered for a specific length of time and/or until defined goals were reached.

The modern homesteading social movement can be traced to the 1960s in America. It came as a reaction to rabid materialism and the intense “keeping up with the Joneses” mentality. The appeal is a simpler life and existing more in harmony with nature. Obviously the skill set that must be learned and practiced is demanding, however most homesteaders boast a very satisfied, content existence that they feel is not only worth the labor, but in fact the labor is part of the contentment.