Darina Allen: The Homesteading movement in America — and some beginner's recipe staples

Many returned to urban living after the pandemic, but many did not, and now others are eagerly joining the movement saying, 'it’s my one and only life, there must be a better way than this'. 

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There’s a really interesting movement in the US called Homesteading. 

I think it may have originated in America, but it certainly gathered momentum during covid, when thousands left the cities for rural areas to get away from crowds and out of their cramped apartments.