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Tech-Enhanced Urban Homesteading —20 Smart & Sustainable Solutions
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items Urban homesteading doesn’t mean you have to give up on modern conveniences! This list is for those who want to embrace self-sufficiency while leveraging technology to make homesteading easier, smarter, and more efficient. Learn how to grow, store, an...
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Smart Gardening & Food Production
High-Tech Food Preservation & Storage
Sustainable Energy & Water Systems
Digital Learning & AI Resources
Smart Gardening & Food Production
Precision farming tools for small spaces to make urban gardening more productive by utilizing app-controlled systems.
This tool not only analyzes moisture, pH and nutrients but sends alerts to your phone in real time, ensuring optimal plant health growth.
Soil Health Sensor
Space-saving, high yield growing system that uses real time monitoring to get your plants the nutrients they need!
Vertical Hydroponic Farm
Automated Drip Irrigation System
This app scans your plants for diseases, pest issues and watering needs to provide expert plant care and recommendations.
AI Plant Care App
Monitors pH, moisture, and nutrients through your smartphone app.
Soil Health Sensor
High-Tech Food Preservation & Storage
These tools streamline canning, dehydration, and fermentation. Reducing waste, extending shelf life, and simplifying food preservation with advanced tech.
Control and monitor dehydration settings remotely to dry your fruits, vegetables, and meats with minimal effort.
Wifi Enabled Dehydrator
Bluetooth-enabled one touch sealing system that preserves your food up to 5x longer, removing air and sealing the freshness!
Smart Vacuum Sealer
Tracks temperature and fermentation time for perfectly cultured kombucha, yogurt or sauerkraut!
Fermentation & Probiotic Maker
Digitally track fermentation stages with your phone to ensure probiotic-rich foods without the guesswork.
Smart Jar Lids
Turn your kitchen scraps into nutrient-rich compost within hours! This countertop composter uses advanced dehydration tech. Great for small spaces!
Countertop Food Waste Recycler
Sustainable Energy & Water Systems
These tools harness renewable energy and improve water efficiency.
Smart, app-controlled solar power backup for urban homesteaders. No need to rely on the grid to stay connected.
Portable Solar Generator
An automated system for you to collect and purify water. This system can be monitored from your phone, as well.
Smart Rainwater Collection & Filtration
Tracks real-time energy usage to optimize efficiency. Saving you money and reducing your carbon footprint.
IoT-Enabled Home Energy Monitor
Compact, self-sustaining indoor garden that uses solar light. Great for apartments and tight spaces, be sure to place on a window sill so the solar lights can charge!
Smart Window Herb Garden
Tech-enabled system for reusing sink and shower water for gardening. Recycling water has never been easier!
Greywater Recycling System
Digital Learning & AI Resources
Smart homesteading resources that offer AI-driven insights, digital learning, and global communities of tech-savvy homesteaders.
A guide to integrating modern homesteading into your urban life. This is your sign to stead anywhere!
Modern Homesteading eBook
This app uses your pantry ingredients to suggest zero-waste meals. An absolute game changer with dinner ideas for busy families!
AI-Powered Recipe Generator
Use online forums like reddit or Discord to find urban homesteading groups. These groups have taught me to build solar panels out of recycled Cd’s and so much more!
Virtual Homesteading Communities
Top creators cover AI-driven gardening, permaculture, and urban sustainability. Our world is shifting…are you ready to Smartstead?
YouTube: Future Farming & SmartSteading
Curated links to the best tech and tools for urban self-sufficiency. Follow to stay updated!
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