''BackHome'' was a magazine that was created in 1990
as a competitor to ''
Mother Earth News'' after the latter was taken over by a major publisher (and then, ultimately,
Ogden Publications
Ogden Newspapers Inc. is a Wheeling, West Virginia based publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, telephone directories, and shoppers guides. The company was founded by H.C. Ogden in 1890, and is currently run by the family of his gra ...
). Richard Freudenberger is the co-founder of ''BackHome''.
Following the earlier, simpler, style of ''Mother Earth News'', it became a strong competitor in the
homesteading
Homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food, and may also involve the small scale production of textiles, clothing, and craft work for household use or sale. Pur ...
and
simple living
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tutorial and instructional print market. The headquarters was in East Flat Rock,
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
. It was formerly based in
Hendersonville, North Carolina.
The magazine was subtitled "Your Hands-On Guide To Sustainable Living".
According to its website, ''BackHome'' ceased print publication in 2014.
See also
;Similar periodicals
* ''
Backwoods Home Magazine
''Backwoods Home Magazine'' is a quarterly American magazine. It was founded in 1989 in a garage in Ventura, California, by Dave Duffy and his seven-year-old daughter, Annie. After publication of the second issue, Duffy met Ilene Myers, who becam ...
''
* ''
Grit''
* ''
Natural Life
Natural Life were an English band of the early 1990s that are best described as a 'bohemian rock collective', their music is a combination of rock influences and dancefloor beats.
They emerged from London's Balearic dance movement and were q ...
''
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Defunct lifestyle magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1990
Magazines disestablished in 2014
Magazines published in North Carolina
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