That hasn't been a dream since the....1900s? 1890s maybe? Homesteading saw its hey-day in the second half of the 1800s. Farming is tough. Margins are low due t

That hasn't been a dream since the....1900s? 1890s maybe? Homesteading saw its hey-day in the second half of the 1800s. Farming is tough. Margins are low due to the nature of commodities. Very few 'go at it alone' farmers out there. Most went under, sold, died, or partnered up in the 1980s when the credit crisis hurt farms.