Benefits of Homesteading
Whether you’re a first-timer or an experienced homesteader, you’ve probably heard a lot about the benefits of homesteading. The main ones are simple: you’ll be healthier, save money and time, and help the environment.
Homesteading requires more than just a little time and effort, though. To make it work, you’ll need a solid plan and a budget.
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TANNING HIDES – Shona Jordan of Pike County prepares to demonstrate how to prepare a coon hide for tanning during one of the sessions at the Arkansas Homesteading Conference held Saturday at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds in Rison. More than 300 people from across the state took in the conference that offered educational sessions on wide variety of topics related to homesteading like gardening, herbal remedies, hydroponics, canning and more.
RISON – The Arkansas Homesteading Conference set a new single-day attendance record this past weekend with an estaimted crowd of more than 300 taking in the annual event held at this year at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds in Rison. Britt Talent, publisher of the Herald and organizer of the Arkansas Homesteading Conference, said people from more than 35 counties attended the event that featured a variety of educational sessions on topics like gardening, herbal remedies, canning and more. This was the ninth year for the conference to be held in Rison. While Talent has organized other events under the Arkansas Homesteading Conference banner at Mountain View, Harrison, North Little Rock and Mena, he said Rison has always served as the base location for the conference. “This was the first time we have held it in Rison outside of the Pioneer Village,” he said. “Those attending the conference seemed to like the new location since it offered a more compact area between the two session…
Source: clevelandcountyherald.com
