Users of social media have made homesteading the new lifestyle trend, just like people were trying to ditch their dwellings so they could live in comfy vans and travel the country. Not everyone can be nomads, so those who are still paying for (or have paid off their) homes are finding ways to spend their time on their property (that they spent hard-earned money on).

People already homesteading in the 2025 version of the United States are probably sort of relieved. With how absolutely wacky this country is getting, the self-reliance of homesteading is a game-changer. Egg prices are unpredictable and (in my opinion) food prices are going to skyrocket.

If you're a punk, how are you going to scream at nazis and maga politicians on an empty stomach? Sure you could just steal some food, but the only change that's going to make is for yourself. Let's talk about how hopping on this homesteading trend can not just make a difference for you, but possibly the people around you.

✊ Self-reliance

With how expensive goods will get, self-reliance is important. You can accomplish so much by growing your own food, making use of the things around you, and building structures with low-cost materials. Becoming less dependant on money is freeing; capitalism wants you to rely on the dollar.

🏘️ Community

Homesteading gives you the oppportunity to help your community.

Example #1

You have 6 chickens and they give you 6 eggs per day, you eat 2 in the morning for breakfast and maybe 2 more throughout the day when recipes call for it, at the end of the day you have 2 extra eggs. By the end of the week you have more than a dozen eggs that you don't know what to do with. Egg prices are, more often than not, unreasonable; so offer some eggs to your neighbor. If you don't use them in time they might go bad, so it's better that someone else uses them.

Example #2

You planned out your garden well and you harvest an abundance of fruit and vegetables. You decide to can as much of the food as possible and after using up all your pantry space with full mason jars, you still have leftover food. Either offer up the fresh foods to your community, or hand out the canned food and ask people to just return the jars when empty.

How this helps

1. You help feed people that might be struggling
2. Some of your community ends up spending less at the grocery store
3. Others might be inspired to also garden, and pass on their extra food as well

You can choose to be charitable and just hand out food, or engage in a mutual-aid scenario. The point is to help out the people around you.

💸 Economy

Food prices went up in 2020 beacause of the covid pandemic. Prices, for the most part, haven't come back down. This is because food producers and grocery stores realized people were willing to pay those prices for food. When companies that create products figure out what you're willing to pay, they want to continue selling at those rates to increase profits.

If everyone put some time in to grow their own food, even just a little bit, we could hurt those greedy CEOs. This will trickle down to health costs, eating healthy will make you a little more healthy, which will result in less doctors visits. I have nothing against doctors, but I do have issues with health insurance companies. Let's not give them the opportunity to deny our claims, we should be eating healthier so we have less claims to file.

Understandably, not everyone has the time or space to grow food. If everybody else does, we can get prices down for those who don't have the time or space. Supply will stay the same, but demand will decrease.