# The Urban Homesteading Gurus 

**Published:** 2012-09-01  
**Author:** Michael Janzen  
**Categories:** Gardening

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![](https://y2ez6helhgi126su.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/uploads/nytimesgrd.jpg) When I think of Urban Homesteading ideals the Dervaes family come as close to perfection as I can imagine.  They have been successfully homesteading in a city for several years.  Go look at [Urban Homestead](http://urbanhomestead.org/) for the wealth of information that they have.

> "URBAN FARMING: Jules Dervaes and three of his adult children live on one-fifth of an acre in Pasadena, Calif., a block away from a multilane highway. On this tiny sliver of land, they manage to be mostly self-sufficient. “This is our form of protest,” says Dervaes, who is 60, “and this is our form of survival.”"

via [NY TIMES: THE GREEN ISSUE | Little Homestead in the City - the Urban Homestead Journal](http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/04/19/ny-times-the-green-issue/).

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## Citations

- [Urban Homestead](http://urbanhomestead.org/)
- [NY TIMES: THE GREEN ISSUE | Little Homestead in the City - the Urban Homestead Journal](http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2008/04/19/ny-times-the-green-issue/)