I quit tech, bought 22 acres, and didn't look at my computer for years — until AI brought me back

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Ryan Courtnage is pictured.
Ryan Courtnage was tired of managing teams. He said to himself, "I'm just going to get my hands greasy and go be a lumberjack for a while."

Ryan Courtnage

We moved to a farm in rural Maine because we thought homesteading would save us money. It didn't.

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Three goats looking through a hole in a fence
The author still keeps goats on her farm, even though she's no longer a homesteader.

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Ballerina Farm is building an educational center for day-trippers

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Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farm cutting bread
Hannah Neeleman, known online as Ballerina Farm.

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We became homesteaders now instead of waiting for retirement. We wanted to live our dream, even though our car is always dirty and it's 90 minutes to the nearest mall.

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A family posing in front of pine trees.
The Anderson family moved from Raleigh, North Carolina to the mountains of Virginia in 2021.

Brooke Anderson.

Why we choose to live on a homestead as millennials: We don't get a day off, but we love raising our girls in this environment.

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Christina Figone Heinritz on her homstead
Christina Figone Heinritz

Christina Figone Heinritz

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