What is a Homestead Commons? Why does it matter?

Fava beans drying on a tray. Author’s own photo.

The great collapse is almost a certainty by now

Unless you have been in deep denial about the state of the world, you would have realized by now that a catastrophic collapse threatening “life as we know it” is imminent. Problems like climate change, mass extinction, resource depletion, extreme wealth inequality, unraveling of social fabric and rise…