5 Ways to Bring a Little Farm Lifestyle to Your Urban Life

Have you been dreaming of leaving your life in the city for something slower paced and more scenic? Maybe you’ve been keeping an eye on Craigslist hoping that a farm property will become available for purchase? Whatever you’ve been thinking about, moving to a farm has become somewhat of a dream for you. 

Unfortunately, not everyone has the opportunity to go live on a farm and experience the lifestyle firsthand. But, that doesn’t have to be the end of the world. There are small ways that you can incorporate an agricultural lifestyle into your city apartment or home. Let’s go over five of those methods. 

Buy Grass Fed Farm Products

A huge part of the appeal of farming is the access to fresh and local produce and animal products. If you’ve been craving food that’s sourced from farms in your community, you don’t have to move out of the city to gain access. You can order from companies like Seven Sons Farm, who are dedicated to providing city folks with ingredients directly from farms. Even though you’re not directly contributing to the creation of food from farms, you’re helping local businesses stay afloat, and getting delicious products out of it. 

Start an Urban Garden

Whether you’re living in an apartment complex or in a house in the city, you can start an urban garden. If you live in a house that has a yard, whether back or front, you have a bit of an advantage. You can start a plot directly in the green space around your home. As for those who live in an apartment, you have several options. You can start a herb garden directly on your porch or patio if available. You can also see if your complex has a garden plot open for you to start your vegetables. 

Trade Goods in Your Community

An often-overlooked part of farm life is the community you build. Without a community, you’re unable to survive as easily out in the rural parts of the world. Just because you’re living in an urban space, with easy access to things to fend for yourself, doesn’t mean you can’t create a community. Reach out to your neighbors, start a clothing exchange. Offer to do one another favors or give each other access to tools/items you couldn’t get alone. 

Sew Clothes

Another part of farm life is not having consistent access to new clothes and fashion pieces. Though online shopping makes that a bit easier to deal with in the modern times, you’ll still have periods without new clothing when you’re living rurally. If you’re in the city, you have constant access to new clothing, but you can still either sew your own pieces or do repairs. Who knows, you might even love making your own garments!

Cook Food from Scratch

Cooking meals from the food gathered after a long day of farming is an essential part of the agricultural experience. If you live in the city, you can also make meals at home using similar ingredients. Though you won’t have grown most of the ingredients from scratch, if you have a herb garden and you purchase grass-fed farm food, you can get pretty close. You can even invite all the community members in the area to a picnic-style potluck to show off your cooked dishes. 

Find a Balance

You don’t need to drop everything and move to a farm to reap the benefits of agricultural life. You can do small things to make yourself feel more relaxed and in touch with nature while still living in the city.