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A Short History & Some Considerations

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Humans have been homesteading since we have been practicing agriculture, approximately 10,000 years ago. The English words home: "dwelling place, house,” and stead: “"place, position; standing, firmness, stability, fixity" were joined together to describe the acquiring or settlement of land. The word may conjure images of pastoral fields with farm anima…

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