Guides / Homesteading
Livestock, right-to-farm law, and self-sufficiency for homesteaders.
Oklahoma has what off-gridders want: dependable water, strong sun, a long growing season, cheap flat land, and light rules. Here's where it shines.
By Tyler Robinson
Still dreaming of moving off grid, searching for property, or deep in a build? The best off-grid accounts to follow, matched to exactly where you are.
How much land do you need to be self-sufficient? It depends more on a parcel's water, soil, season and sun than on its acreage. Here's what to check.
Zoning is written locally, county by county or town by town, and some rural counties have none. Here's what to look for before you buy off-grid living land.
USDA has soil maps for more than 95% of US counties. Here's what actually makes land good for growing food, and how to check before you buy.
Nearly a third of US farmers have 10 years of experience or less. Here's how to start homesteading with no experience: what to learn, buy, and skip first.
Five due diligence mistakes homestead buyers make before buying rural land, and how to catch all of them from public records before you visit.
We scored the Little House on the Prairie homestead. Charles Ingalls got an 84 out of 100. Pa chose good land. He just built before it was open to settlers.
Little House on the Prairie is back. Here's what the Ingalls family really faced on the Kansas prairie, and what modern land buyers still get wrong.
No agency counts off-grid Americans. The most-cited estimates (~250,000 people, ~180,000 families) are old and unsourced. Here's what we can actually measure.
How to evaluate rural land for a homestead: the water, soil, growing season, access, and zoning checks that decide whether a parcel can feed and house you.
What to look for when buying rural land for off-grid living: water rights, zoning, solar, hazards, soil, and buildability, all checkable before you visit.
I grew up off-grid on Kauaʻi, growing our food and reading the ocean. Here's why I built GoOffGrid to help others find land that can support that life.
By Tyler Robinson
A free 0-100 off-grid score for any US or Canadian parcel, in about a minute.
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