Tag Archive for ‘nightline’
PLAN B
Back in 2008 our family and farm were featured on ABC Nightline (check out the original LIVING THE REAL SIMPLE LIFE circa 2008) This week, they aired a piece which featured a snippet of the archival footage and focused on a very important question: “What is Your PLAN B? That’s a really pertinent question. Especially [...]
SEEDING CHANGE
Freedom Gardeners of the World, Unite! Photo Copyright 2004 Path to Freedom Seeding Change: Website Seeks to Liberate Diets—and Wallets—from Supermarket Site’s “100-Foot Diet” Brings Local Food Movement Home PASADENA, CA. – July 7, 2008 – Think of it as Facebook meets the Farmer’s Almanac: A social networking site for backyard pioneers who want to [...]
FEEDBACK
Thanks all for the positive comments regarding the NIGHTLINE piece. Glad you all enjoyed a sampling taste of what life is like here on the urban homestead. We’ve been receiving loads of positive emails from folks across the country (read comments left on the ABC site). It was interesting to see how three days of [...]
ON ABC TONIGHT: A Family Farm in the Midst of Suburbia
Is it neat, or is it slightly odd that in this Los Angeles community — it’s called Pasadena — a suburban mix of nice restaurants and well-tended front lawns, there is a home wedged in with the other houses where the entire front yard is edible? From homemade fuel to outdoor baths, the Dervaes family [...]
URBAN HOMESTEADING HITS MAINSTREAM NEWS
Breaking news, this just in: Here’s the latest from the producer of Nightline when the Urban Homesteading piece will air: “Probably Thursday or Friday — pending breaking news.” This last year, we’ve seen a tremendous surge in the Urban Homestead movement. Urban homesteading is a growing trend among urbanites who are seeking self reliance by [...]
HOMESTEAD HAPPENINGS
The goats enjoy play time and an evening snack of greens from the garden, hay and grain Street side view of the front yard with line filled with wildflowers that act as a beneficial border attracting loads of butterflies, birds and insects (lady bugs, praying manti and bees!). The sun finally peeked thru yesterday. It’s [...]
